science Happy to be alive This picture and the accompanying caption have been whizzing round the internet in the last few days. I'm afraid I don't know where it originally comes from or anything else about it but it is definitely worth sharing.
science Birkbeck Babylab at London Baby Show We are going to be at the Baby Show this weekend. It's at the ExCel centre in London docklands and runs from Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th Feb. So i imagine it is a huge event. If you are planning on coming, come and find us and say
science What makes Canadian babies laugh? I did a live interview with Canadian breakfast TV last week. Here it is: That was the first time I've been on live television but it all happened so fast that I didn't have much chance to get nervous. I was in a small cupboard in
science The science of a baby's smile Sandra Kiume over at ChannelN has a nice video of new research that uses babies smiles to track their development. Here's what they say about it: autismBaby Smiles Provide Clues to Healthy DevelopmentNational Science FoundationScience Nation Click here to see the video Babies are Smiling for Science (Channel
science Richard Bacon interview Welcome to listener's to Radio Five Live. Caspar was on Richard Bacon's show this afternoon (click to listen).It was great fun and hopefully it went well. It went so fast I didn't really have time to tell. But fortunately this also didn'
science Baby scientists As a baby scientist I often get asked 'What is a baby scientist?'. One answer is that I am a scientist who studies what it is like to be a baby. And what is it like to be a baby? Funnily enough it's a lot like
science Your theories on baby's laughter In one of the questions in our survey we ask parents for their theories on what makes their babies laugh. Here are some of their answers. (My favourites highlighted in bold.) * He loves to join in with a shared joke, this is part of a much wider love of participating
science What is the most memorable example of your baby laughing? Here are some of your answers to our survey question about the most memorable laugh.(Some of my favourites are highlighted in bold). * He has a particularly deep belly laugh when his tummy is kissed or tickled. * Dabbing around his mouth with a muslin caused lots of laughter c6 months
science Wag the dog: A science project for babies' best friend. Pet dogs are high up on the list of things that make babies laugh. But what makes dogs wag their tails? Some researchers in New York want to find out and would like your help. They are interested in how dogs and humans interact and what is involved when we
science Some early results of our study. We’ve had over 300 responses from 22 different countries. So far we’ve found a surprisingly wide range of ages for babies first laughs. We’re happy to report that mummy and daddy seem to be equally funny. Peekaboo is by far the most popular game for making babies
science Should we tickle babies? Like a ride on a rollercoaster, tickling can teeter on the brink of being scary or unpleasant. In fact that's part of what is so fun about both tickling and rollercoasters. But just as babies are too small for scary fairground rides, maybe tickling is too much for
science BBC World Service: Why do we Laugh? he BBC World service programme the Why Factor has just broadcast a short program on why people laugh. You can still hear it online: At first glance, it seems like a very obvious basic human response - we laugh because we find things amusing. But what is it that actually
science Welcome, Bienvenue, Selamat datang, में आपका स्वागत है, Dialu-alukan It seems that last week's story in the Independent got picked up all around the world. So welcome to anyone from India, China, Zimbabwe and beyond. Hello and welcome, if you've found us from one of those sites. If you have a baby please take our
science Welcome readers of the Independent. We are very pleased that the Independent has taken an interest in the baby laughter project. We like their article and hope that you do too. If you are a parent of a baby under 2 and a half, you can help us by completing our survey. Everyone else is
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
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
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
