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What 18,000 Files Taught Me About the Future of Digital Knowledge (And Why I Sent Robots to Spy on...
By: Caspar Addyman Published: August 29, 2025 I have a problem. A beautiful, overwhelming, completely modern problem. My Obsidian vault contains 18,041 files. Five years of daily journaling. Research notes from my work as an infant psychologist. A half-finished non-fiction book called "How to Learn Anything." Thousands of web articles I've saved. Dreams I've recorded at 3am. Photos from travels. Voice memos from random thoughts. And 7000+ enigmatic bits of json.
Effects of multisensory stimulation on infants' learning of object pattern and trajectory
This study investigated whether infants encode better the features of a briefly occluded object if its movements are specified simultaneously by vision and audition than if they are not (data collected: 2017–2019).
Babies Laugh at Everything
Paperback Imprint: Campbell Books Perfect for sharing and giggling together! Babies Laugh at Everything has press-the-page sounds, a shiny mirror, and is scientifically developed to help babies and their carers bond through reading and laughter.
Why playing peekaboo with babies is a very serious matter – Caspar Addyman | Aeon Ideas
Pedro Serapio/Flickr Caspar Addyman is a lecturer in psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He investigates how babies learn about the world and how our brains experience time. He is the author of Help Yourself (2013), a novel with free answers to the meaning of life. Brought to you by Curio, an Aeon partner 1,000 words Edited by Marina Benjamin Republish for free Laughter and smiles transcend barriers of age, language and culture, and babies know this better than anyone.
How ‘giggle doctors’ help sick children
Hospitals are not fun for any of us. But imagine being trapped in a hospital bed as a young child, perhaps with a serious condition that requires multiple extended visits. Staff on children’s wards do their best to entertain their patients but their first priority, of course, is always medical. This is where “giggle doctors” come in. These professional entertainers are trained and paid to go round hospitals to cheer up children with music and laughter.
How 'giggle doctors' help poorly children
Hospitals are not fun for any of us. But imagine being trapped in a hospital bed as a young child, perhaps with a serious condition that requires multiple extended visits. Staff on children’s wards do their best to entertain their patients but their first priority, of course, is always medical. This is where “giggle doctors” come in. These professional entertainers are trained and paid to go round hospitals to cheer up children with music and laughter.
How 'giggle doctors' help sick children
Hospitals are not fun for any of us. But imagine being trapped in a hospital bed as a young child, perhaps with a serious condition that requires multiple extended visits. Staff on children’s wards do their best to entertain their patients but their first priority, of course, is always medical. This is where “giggle doctors” come in. These professional entertainers are trained and paid to go round hospitals to cheer up children with music and laughter.
Surprising Facts About How We Talk To Babies
(U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick) Here’s an experiment to try next time you meet a baby, try holding a normal conversation. It is very difficult, isn’t it? Yes it is! Oh, yes it is!When we talk to babies we all naturally switch into a high energy, sing song tone. We use simple words and short sentences. We sound excited. Our pitch rises at the end of the sentence. These particular characteristics of “parentese” or infant-directed speech (IDS) seem to be common across many languages.
Mothers Adopt a Universal Tone of Voice When They Talk To Babies
And other surprising facts about how we speak to infants (pixelheadphoto digitalskillet/Shutterstock) smithsonianmag.com October 13, 2017 Here’s an experiment to try next time you meet a baby, try holding a normal conversation. It is very difficult, isn’t it? Yes it is! Oh, yes it is! When we talk to babies we all naturally switch into a high-energy, singsong tone. We use simple words and short sentences. We sound excited. Our pitch rises at the end of the sentence.
Surprising facts about how we talk to babies
Here’s an experiment to try next time you meet a baby, try holding a normal conversation. It is very difficult, isn’t it? Yes it is! Oh, yes it is! When we talk to babies we all naturally switch into a high energy, sing song tone. We use simple words and short sentences. We sound excited. Our pitch rises at the end of the sentence. These particular characteristics of “parentese” or infant-directed speech (IDS) seem to be common across many languages.
Songs that make babies happy, according to a laughter expert, Grammy-Award winner Imogen Heap, and science
Plenty of research has looked at adults’ emotional responses to music. But research with babies is more piecemeal and eclectic, perhaps reflecting the difficulty of asking them what they like. Researchers know that babies can hear and remember music even while they are still in the womb. And one curious study found that newborn babies prefer Bach to Aerosmith.
We created a song that makes babies happy
Plenty of research has looked at adults’ emotional responses to music. But research with babies is more piecemeal and eclectic, perhaps reflecting the difficulty of asking them what they like. Researchers know that babies can hear and remember music even while they are still in the womb. And one curious study found that newborn babies prefer Bach to Aerosmith.
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