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Mar 2023
40m 31s

The Importance of Laughter with Casper A...

MOTHER TONGUE
About this episode

Today we are excited to welcome a multi-faceted man - a trained infant psychologist who for the past decade has been specialising in babies laughter. Over the course of his career, he has investigated early concept learning, the foundations of language, time perception and sleep, and of course, the importance of laughter and positive emotion in early life - research that culminated in his joyful and informative book, The Laughing Baby. Not only does he write about babies, but he also writes for babies with his fabulous Babies Laugh books. 

In this episode, we discuss baby and toddler laughter and play plus early years development. 

Find out more about Casper's books here: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/dr-caspar-addyman/44512

Find The Happy Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PhtxqKLvVc


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