Against Better Knowledge: The Magical Force of Amodal Volume Completion
In a popular magic routine known as “multiplying billiard balls”, magicians fool their audience by using an empty shell that the audience believes to be a complete ball. Here, we present some observations suggesting that the spectators do not merely entertain the intellectual belief that the balls a...
Main Authors: | Vebjørn Ekroll, Bilge Sayim, Johan Wagemans |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-12-01
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Series: | i-Perception |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1068/i0622sas |
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