Why is my kid obsessed with trains?

There is one study in the field of psychotherapy that suggested that it is the motion and speed of trains that makes them so fascinating. That the way they move on the track makes it appear like a television or a projector, but that the reality of it sparks some deep excitement in the child's brain.



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