Mireault, G., Lane, J. D., Heilman, K. J., Kile, E., Verner, G., Miller, B., Albee, W., & Eames, I. (2025). Amazed or amused: Infants’ appraisal of violations of expectation in a naturalistic context [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Developmental Science.

Mireault, G. (2025, Novmber 15). A funny thing happened in the infant lab: What humor can teach us about how infants think. The International Congress of Infant Studies. https://infantstudies.org/a-funny-thing-happened-in-the-infant-lab-what-humor-can-teach-us-about-how-infants-think/

Mireault, G.  (January, 2023). Born that way. Aeon+Psyche: Ideas and Culture. https://aeon.co/essays/how-infant-temperament-extends-its-reach-into-young-adulthood (Over 80,000 reads.)

Mireault, G. (2022). The social, affective, and cognitive power of humor in infancy. In D. Dukes, E. Walle, & A. C. Sanson (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Emotional Development, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, UK. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198855903.013.22 https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198855903.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198855903-e-22

Hoicka, E., Soy Telli, B., Prouten, E., Leckie, G., Browne, W. J., Mireault, G., & Fox, C. (2021). The Early Humor Survey (EHS): A reliable parent-report measure of humor development for 1- to 47-month-olds. Behavior Research Methods, 54(4), 1928–1953. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01704-4

Mireault, G. & Reddy, V. (2020). Making sense of infants’ differential responses to incongruity. Human Development, 64, 55-63. https://doi.org/10.1159/000509980

Mireault, G. C., Rainville, B. S., Laughlin, B. (2018). Push or Carry? Pragmatic Opportunities for Language Development in Strollers vs. Backpacks. Infancy, 1-9, DOI: 10.1111/infa.12238 PubMed PMID: 30220884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6135260. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30220884/

Mireault, G., Crockenberg, S., Heilman, K., Sparrow, J., Cousineau, K., & Rainville, B. (2018). Social, cognitive, and physiological aspects of humor perception from 4- to 8 months: Two longitudinal studies. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36(1), 98–109. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12216 DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12216 PMID: 28944500

Mireault, G. (May/June 2017). Laughing Matters: What Laughter Reveals About Infants and Infants Reveal About Laughter. Scientific American MIND. PubMed PMID: 30369837; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6201262. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/laughing-matters-mdash-and-helps-to-explain-how-babies-bond/

Mireault, G. (January 2017). Five-month-old babies know what’s funny. Aeon: Ideas and Culture. https://aeon.co/ideas/five-month-old-babies-know-whats-funny

Gartstein, M.A., Prokasky, A., Bell, M.A., Calkins, S., Bridgett, D.J., Braungart-Reiker, J., Leerkes, E., Cheatham, C. L. Eiden, R.D., Mize, K., D., Jones, N. A., Mireault, G., & Seamon, E. (2017). Latent Profile and Cluster Analysis of infant temperament: Comparisons across person-centered approaches. Developmental Psychology, 53(10), 1811-1825. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28758787/ PubMed PMID: 28758787; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5612890.

Mireault, G. C. & Reddy, V. (2016). Humor in infancy: Developmental and Psychological Perspectives. New York: Springer. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319389615

Mireault, G. & Crockenberg, S. (2016). Social referencing. In D. L. Couchenour & K. Chrisman (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education (pp. 1242-1245). Boston: Sage.

Mireault, G., Crockenberg, S., Sparrow, J., Cousineau, K., Pettinato, C., & Woodard, K. (2015). Laughing matters: Infant humor perception in the context of parental affect. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 136, 30-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.03.012 PMID: 25897958; NIHMSID: NIHMS674283; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4424150

Reddy, V. & Mireault, G. (2015). Teasing and Clowning in Infants. Current Biology, 25 (1), R20-R23. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.021 http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(14)01141-5 PubMed PMID: 25562295; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6171105.

Mireault, G., Crockenberg, S., Sparrow, J., Pettinato, C., Woodard, K., & Malzac, K. (2014). Social looking, social referencing and humor perception in 6- and 12-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 37(4), 536-545. DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.06.004 PubMed PMID: 25061893; NIHMSID: NIHMS612849; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4262602.

Mireault, G., Sparrow, J., Poutre, M., Perdue, B., & Macke, L. (2012).  Infant humor perception from 3- to 6-months and attachment at one year. Infant Behavior & Development, 35, 797-802. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.018 PubMed PMID: 22982281; NIHMSID: NIHMS407871; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3494749.

Mireault, G., Poutre, M., Sargent-Hier, M., Dias, C., Perdue, B., & Myrick, A. (2012). Humor perception and creation between parents and 3- to 6-month old infants. Infant and Child Development, 21(4), 338-347. doi: 10.1002/icd.757