Folk illusions : children, folklore, and sciences of perception /
K. Brandon Barker and Claiborne Rice.
- Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 or the boundaries of a genre -- Folk illusions, development, and body acquisition.
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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