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Folk Illusions: Children, Folklore, and Sciences of Perception

By K. Brandon Barker, Claiborne Rice
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By K. Brandon Barker, Claiborne Rice
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"[A] well-researched and well-written book . . . linking traditional folklore studies to current scientific research and to thinking about human behavior." —American Journal of Play

Wiggling a pencil so that it looks like it is made of rubber, "stealing" your niece's nose, and listening for the sounds of the ocean in a conch shell—these are examples of folk illusions, youthful play forms that trade on perceptual oddities. In this groundbreaking study, K. Brandon Barker and Claiborne Rice ar...

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