A Kind of Magic: Social Representations of Magic from Magicians and non-Magicians.
Magic is an art form that creates illusory experiences of impossibility by generating a conflict between what we witness and what we believe about the world. The uniqueness of this art has intrigued researchers for over a century. The present study explores the social representations of magic among...
| Publicado en: | Empirical Studies of the Arts Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 446 - 463 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jan2026
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