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Remember the game we would play as parents, as uncles and aunties, as grown ups with young babies.

Peek a boo! We would hide behind our hands and the toddler would love it. The Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget explains that up until 4 months of age, a child believes that if an object cannot be seen, then it no longer exists!

Between the ages of 4-7 months a child develops what Piaget discovered and calls 'Object Permanence' which means the baby's understanding of when something disappears it is not gone forever.

This got me thinking...what if any research has been done similarly for adults when it comes to joy, happiness, mood and states for example. And plugging away on the web, plus using some AI research support, I am struggling to find anything. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist (or does it, if no one has joined these thought processes before, who knows!).

Phil Stutz, co author of the book 'The Tools'. A doctor of Psychiatry tells a story of when he took a flight with his Dad and the weather was pretty awful that day. He was young, so flying back then (1960's) was less common, however, he was nervous flying for the first time and bad weather didn't help, his Dad calmly said "it's OK son, once we get above the clouds, the sun is out and it will be gorgeous".

Phil remembers thinking and feeling 'How can that be?" As the sun wasn't out, he couldn't see it, the clouds were there. Yet, just as his father said, once they got above the clouds, there was the beautiful sun and blue sky.

That got me thinking about our moods, our choices, and how we are affected by what we can or cannot see, hear or feel. That is todays 'Musing'.

Enjoy, I hope it helps.

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