Audio Slowed down baby laughter and tears We are a little bit early for Halloween but I thought I would share these with you. The spooky consequences of slowing down or shifting the pitch of babies laughter and tears until they sound a bit like adults. The results are unsettling to say the least. First off a
video Your Babies #004: Daddy's fingers are funny Our youngest little giggler so far who was just 5 month olds when the video was made. This video was submitted by her mummy Diana and it was her daddy making her laugh. Thank you to them all.
science We're featured on Scientific American site. [ We are pleased to see that the Baby Laughter project is this month's featured project at the Scientific American Citizen Science page. Citizen science is the blanket term used to refer crowd sourcing and public involvement in real science projects. Some great examples include the Zooniverse project which
comedy Baby shaming First there was dog shaming, now there is baby shaming. A friend just posted this picture of her daughter on her facebook. It's the first baby shaming that I know of but I hope it won't be the last. Not all our baby induced laughter is
video Your Babies #003 - Dog tries to teach baby how to play fetch. Nick sent us this video of his 8 month old son Grant playing with the family dog. As you can tell they are best of friends. "Grant loves playing with our dog, Maximus. This day Maximus was bringing the ball to the sliding glass door and trying to get
Uncategorized Dancing Twins The latest laughing babies to go viral. 11 month old twins laugh and dance when their daddy plays guitar. It's had over 7 million views in just 3 weeks.
Audio Your Babies #002 - Atishoo! Here's our second reader submitted laughing baby. I've made a soundfile of my seven-month-old, Sam, laughing. He had just sneezed, and I said "Atishooo!" back to him. He thought this was hilarious, particularly as I bounced him up and down as I said it.
video Your Babies #001 - Ilario loves peek-a-boo. I am delighted to announce that we have our first reader submitted laughing baby. Submitted by John & Kashia Ritenour, here see their son Ilario laughing his little head off. Why? His parents explain: "I was popping out from around a corner and our son, Ilario, LOVED it, laughing
science One mum's view of humour in infancy Quora.com is a site where anyone can ask or answer questions. Everyone can also vote on the best questions and answers making it a wonderful exercise in the wisdom of crowds. I was mostly a passive observer until this question provoked me out of my silence. What are the
science Charles Darwin's observations of his son's laughter Did you know that Charles Darwin was the first scientist to study laughing babies? Darwin is so famous for his theory of natural selection that it overshadows some of his other landmark contributions to science. His observations of nature alone would have have made him famous. His book was so
science Baby Laughter project scientific statement. The Baby Laughter project is run by scientists at the Babylab at Birkbeck College, University of London. We use a range of methods to study how babies learn about the world. This survey is our latest attempt to understand about the remarkable and all important changes that happen in the
happiness Twins having a cheerful heart to heart A little while ago a friend sent me this excellent video of twins. They're having what is clearly a deeply meaningful conversation but it's in a language that seem to have made up themselves. My friend wondered if I knew what they might be talking about.
video YouTube superstar baby Micah laughing at dropped books baby Micah famous for laughing at tearing paper finds other things funny too.
Uncategorized Hello! Welcome to The Baby Laughter project video blog. On this blog we collect the internet's finest laughing baby videos. We'd love to see yours too. Upload them to youtube and send us a link.
science Laughter at the Royal Society, 3-8 July 2012 Prof. Sophie Scott has more laughter science for you, this time at the normally quite serious Royal Society. As part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition running from 3-8 July 2012. Here's what they have to say about it. Laughing Brains The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
science The science of grown-up laughter Professor Sophie Scott from University College London has been studying the biomechanics of laughter and what happens in the brain when we hear people laughing. She gave a great talk about this at the recent TEDx Imperial College. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JiUqa8wrUs[/embed] Related articles * The
