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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Kids v. Sarcasm, 24,000-Year-Old Worm, Why Betelgeuse Dimmed
Description: Learn about why younger kids don’t understand sarcasm; a 24,000 year old living worm; and Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming.”
Kids don't get sarcasm until around age 7 because of the kind of thinking it requires by Kelsey Donk
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An Acquired Taste: Children’s Perceptions of Humor and Teasing in Verbal Irony. (2021). Discourse Processes. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15326950dp4003_5
Pexman, P. M., & Glenwright, M. (2007). How do typically developing child...