article_snippet.sent: Baby boys and girls were surprised when a ball seemed to disappear through a solid wall.
article_snippet.sent: Baby boys and girls curiosity did not end there.
article_snippet.sent: When Baby boys and girls were then given the ball to play with, Baby boys and girls repeatedly banged the ball to play on a table in an apparent attempt to work out the ball to play secret.
article_snippet.sent: Babies in the study reacted with surprise when objects like this toy car appeared to break the laws of gravity .
article_snippet.sent: Babies in the study were similarly perplexed by a toy car that appeared to defy the laws of gravity and float in thin air.
article_snippet.sent: And given it to play with later, Babies in the study repeatedly dropped it on the floor.
article_snippet.sent: Importantly, Babies in the study shown the magic tricks were more interested in playing with the ball than a brand new toy that Babies in the study had never seen before.
article_snippet.sent: And the researchers did better than others on a learning test, in which the researchers had to link a specific sound to the ball.
article_snippet.sent: The professor studied 11-month-olds because they were old enough to sit and watch the ball and to pick the ball up and play with the ball.
article_snippet.sent: A ball was rolled down a slope and apparently passed through a solid wall in one magic trick in the study .
article_snippet.sent: Babies repeatedly droped the car after being shown the magic trick as Babies attempted to learn what happened .
article_snippet.sent: After seeing the ball trick babies would bang it on the table more as the ball trick babies attempted to uncover it secrets .
article_snippet.sent: The graphic above shows the reactions of the ball trick babies after seeing magic tricks that defied the ball trick babies expectations .
article_snippet.sent: The babies in the study were given choices about the toys The babies in the study would play with after watching a magic trick .
highlights_snippet.sent: Researchers at John Hopkins University in Baltimore showed babies magic tricks where balls seemed to pass through walls and toy cars floated on air .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The babies then played more with the ball and car when given The babies later on .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists say The babies appeared to be trying to work out The babies secrets .