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Author Barker, K. Brandon, author.

Title Folk illusions : children, folklore, and sciences of perception / K. Brandon Barker and Claiborne Rice.

Publication Info. Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Everyone knows that seeing is (not always) believing -- Forms of folk illusions -- Folk illusions and the social activation of embodiment -- Folk illusions and active perception -- Folk illusions and the weight of the world -- Folk illusions and the face in the mirror -- Folk illusions and body acquisition.
Summary This cross-disciplinary book draws from folklore, neuroscience, and psychology to offer a detailed look at the ways children play with perception, creating what authors K. Brandon Barker and Claiborne Rice call folk illusions.
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Subject Optical illusions.
Optical illusions.
Folklore.
Folklore.
Visual perception in children.
Cognition in children.
Visual perception in children.
Cognition in children.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Rice, Claiborne, author.
Other Form: Print version: Barker, K. Brandon, author. Folk illusions Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, [2019] 9780253041081 (DLC) 2019010998
ISBN 9780253041104 (ebook)
0253041104
9780253041081 (hardcopy)
9780253041098 (paperback)
9780253041128 (electronic book)
0253041120 (electronic book)
0253041082
0253041090