Laughing Baby - The Extraordinary Science Behind What Makes Babies Happy

The results of the Baby Laughter project, which collects data, videos and stories from parents around the world, presenting the science behind smiles and laughter being important in the early part of emotional and cognitive development.

About the author

Dr Caspar Addyman is a lecturer in psychology and director of the InfantLab at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has degrees in maths and psychology and completed his PhD at the world-renowned Birkbeck Babylab. He has investigated how babies acquire language, concepts and even their sense of time. Since 2012 he has been studying what makes babies laugh and why. Before moving into academia, Caspar worked as a chef and spent eight years working on financial trading floors, where he was once sacked for being too nice. His novel, Help Yourself, was published in 2013.

Summary

How laughter and smiles define our cognitive and emotional development at the start of life

Product details

• Authors: Caspar Addyman, Addyman Caspar
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2020
• EAN: 9781783527960
• ISBN: 978-1-78352-796-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Family psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology