Eli5 how do babies find things funny ? Like a peckaboo?
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Peekaboo is funny to babies because they are yet to develop a concept of object permanence.
When someone who is looking at you brings a hand in front of their face, you can no longer see them, but you mind knows that they are still there. That’s why peekaboo isn’t funny to you. Now imagine a person actually vanishing and appearing in front of you, that would be something! That’s what babies see.
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