Dr Caspar Addyman

Dr Caspar Addyman is a developmental psychologist interested in learning, laughter and behaviour change. He is mostly interested in babies and what makes them happy. For many years he was the director of the Baby Laughter Project at Goldsmiths University examining why babies laugh and why laughter is important for their cognitive and emotional development.

Caspar is the author of ‘The laughing baby: The extraordinary science behind what makes babies happy’.