That these cognitive skills — incongruity resolution and insight into others’ minds involved in teasing — appear before a ...

Humor has always been subjective. Where some people prefer the physical comedy of Jim Carrey, others may find the dry approach of Albert Brooks preferable. Babies, of course, are not big on subtlety.

Few things are as heartwarming as hearing a baby's first laugh. I’ve experienced that moment with four children of my own, ...

Some of the greatest joys of early parenthood involve watching your baby learn to communicate and express themselves as they grow. At this stage, newborns communicate mostly by crying and show ...

Babies may laugh like some apes a few months after birth before transitioning to chuckling more like human adults, a new study finds. Less is known about how human babies laugh. So Mariska Kret, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: @towhitneyandbeyond / TikTok) An adorable video of a baby’s reaction to her mom cooking has been capturing hearts ...

Since 2012, I have been studying laughing babies. The question I am most often asked—frequently accompanied by incredulous laughter—is “Why?” And sometimes, “Wouldn’t it be better to study what makes ...