My workshop on laughing babies at the Early-Years.org 60th Anniversary conference was wonderful fun. After we’d explored "
On Friday 6th June 2025, I had the privilege of running a workshop at the Early-Years.org 60th Anniversary Conference
In March 2022 Caspar resigned his job at Goldsmiths. escaping a toxic work environment at a financially troubled university, but in the process losing his identity as a scientist and academic. This is the story of what happened next.
If monkeys could become bored, they would become human. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German polymath (1749–1832) One reason I
Māma, mama, mamá, ma, mama, mamã, maa, mama, haha and mamī. * The word for ‘mama’ in the 10 most widely
Monday was the World Premiere my new show Babies Laugh Out Loud. It's a show for babies and
Each chapter of my book The Laughing Baby starts with a short quote or epigram. I was very pleased with
For all sorts of reasons opera – even comic opera – is usually no laughing matter. Tom Sutcliffe, Believing in Opera, 1997
The science of happy babies Buy at Amazon Buy at Bookshop.org Written by Dr Caspar Addyman The Laughing Baby
Yet another comic novel about fame, madness and self help. Buy at Amazon Get it for free I wrote a
Published 6 June 2024 Buy at Amazon Buy at Bookshop.org Written by Dr Caspar Addyman Illustrated by Ania Simeone
Published 18 January 2024 Buy at Amazon Buy at Bookshop.org Written by Dr Caspar Addyman Illustrated by Ania Simeone
A picture book with laughter sound effects. Buy at Amazon Buy at Bookshop.org Written by Dr Caspar Addyman Illustrated
Peekaboos and Tootsie Tickles: The Science behind Babies’ Laughter with Dr Caspar Addyman AGE 0-2 * Sat 19 Aug 11:00
Play along with grab-and-giggle pages and a mirror. Buy at Amazon Buy at Bookshop.org Written by Dr Caspar Addyman
Join developmental psychologist, director of Goldsmith’s InfantLab, and author of The Laughing Baby, Caspar Addyman, for this illuminating and
Since 2012, I have been studying laughing babies. The question I am most often asked—frequently accompanied by incredulous laughter—
A short extract from my book: In Vienna General Hospital in the 1840s there were two maternity wards, Clinic 1
Results from our survey showed that some babies start laughing very early. Parents have reported laughter in the first few
A few years ago, I did a science show for babies and their parents called the Joys of Toys. In
Forty years ago, on 8th March 1978, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was broadcast on BBC Radio for
This weekend I was delighted to receive a beautiful copy of Schadenfreude by Tiffany Watt Smith. It has a close
In our survey of baby laughter we asked parents for 'field' reports of things that had recently made
