The New York Times (February 4, 2026)
The Evolutionary Brilliance of the Baby Giggle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/baby-laugh-developmental-milestone.html

Veja: Mens Sana (Brazil) (February 26, 2026)
What a Baby’s First Laugh Reveals About the Human Mind
https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/mens-sana/o-que-a-primeira-gargalhada-do-bebe-revela-sobre-a-mente-humana/

The New Yorker (September 2, 2025)
Why Are Kids So Funny?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/why-are-kids-so-funny

WCAX (April 18, 2023)
Vermont Researcher Studies How Early Children’s Personalities Appear
https://www.wcax.com/2023/04/18/vt-researcher-studies-how-early-childrens-personalities-appear/

CNN Health (March 16, 2023)
What Makes Babies Laugh? A Psychologist Explains
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2023/03/16/babies-laughter-benefits-children-meaning-lbb-orig.cnn

Editions Philippe Duval (France) (2020)
Hauts comme trois pommes mais déjà pleins d’humour!
(Documentary directed by Boris Cyrulnik)

Canadian Broadcasting Company – The Nature of Things (2019)
Infant Laughter
https://vimeo.com/318328013

Vermont Public Radio – But Why? Podcast (April 2018)
Why Do We Laugh?
http://digital.vpr.net/post/why-do-we-laugh#stream/0

Seven Days (November 1, 2017)
Laughing Matters: A Johnson State College Professor Traces the Origins of Humor in Babies
https://m.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/laughing-matters-a-johnson-state-college-professor-traces-the-origins-of-humor-in-babies/Content?oid=9708895

Kids VT (October 11, 2017)
Laughing Matters: A Johnson State College Professor Traces the Origins of Humor in Babies
https://www.kidsvt.com/vermont/laughing-matters-a-johnson-state-college-professor-traces-the-origins-of-humor-in-babies/Content?oid=2552108

Kids VT (May 25, 2016)
Backpacks or Strollers: Which Is Better for Babies’ Development?
https://www.kidsvt.com/vermont/backpacks-or-strollers-which-is-better-for-babies-development/Content?oid=2903767

WCAX (June 8, 2016)
Do Babies Prefer Backpacks or Strollers?
http://www.wcax.com/story/32230753/do-babies-prefer-backpacks-or-strollers

The Wall Street Journal (November 23, 2015)
What Your Baby’s Smile Can Tell You About Her Development
http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-your-babys-smile-can-tell-you-about-her-development-1448303794

NBC News (January 29, 2015)
Babies Understand Your Humor — and Want to Joke, Too
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/babies-understand-your-humor-want-joke-too-n288311

New York Magazine – Science of Us (January 29, 2015)
Babies Are Tiny Comedians
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/01/babies-are-tiny-comedians.html

The Huffington Post (January 9, 2015)
The Biology of Why We Play
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/the-biology-of-why-play_n_6424248.html

ScienceDaily (January 5, 2015)
Babies Start Making Jokes Earlier Than Parents Expect
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150105141659.htm

Salon (September 21, 2013)
That’s Not Autism — It’s Simply a Brainy, Introverted Boy
http://www.salon.com/2013/09/21/thats_not_autism_its_simply_a_brainy_introverted_boy/singleton/

Psychology Today (August 19, 2013)
Help Your Baby Grow a Funny Bone
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/experimenting-babies/201308/help-your-baby-grow-funny-bone

Vermont Public Radio – Vermont Edition (June 4, 2013)
Laugh, Baby, Laugh
http://digital.vpr.net/post/laugh-baby-laugh

Association for Psychological Science (May 30, 2013)
When Do Babies Start Making Jokes?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/when-do-babies-start-making-jokes.html

Association for Psychological Science – Member in the News (November 7, 2012)
Babies Learn Humour from Parents, Study Finds
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/babies-learn-humour-from-parents-study.html

The Takeaway (NPR) (October 10, 2012)
NOVA Science Show Considers What Makes Us Human
http://www.thetakeaway.org/2012/oct/10/nova-science-show-considers-what-makes-us-human/

The Daily Telegraph (UK) (September 6, 2012)
Babies Learn Humour from Parents, Study Finds
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9522443/Babies-learn-humour-from-parents-study.html

WebMD (UK Boots) (September 6, 2012)
Babies and Humour: Early GSOH Studied
http://www.webmd.boots.com/children/baby/news/20120906/babies-and-humour-early-gsoh-studied

Parents Magazine (formerly American Baby) (July 2012)
Make Your Baby Laugh
http://www.parents.com/baby/development/growth/make-your-baby-laugh/?page=1

PBS – NOVA scienceNOW (2012)
What Makes Us Human?
http://video.pbs.org/video/2288288291

CNN (February 21, 2011)
Toddlers’ Temper Tantrums: What’s Normal?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/02/21/toddlers.temper.tantrums.parenting/index.html

Parenting Magazine (February 2011)
Toddler Temper Tantrums
http://www.parenting.com/article/toddler-temper-tantrums

Parents Magazine (formerly American Baby) (December 2010)
Baby’s Inherited Behaviors
http://www.parents.com/baby/development/behavioral/babys-inherited-behaviors/?page=3