The Resource Fooled ya! : how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more, Jordan D. Brown ; illustrations by Emily Bornoff
Fooled ya! : how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more, Jordan D. Brown ; illustrations by Emily Bornoff
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The item Fooled ya! : how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more, Jordan D. Brown ; illustrations by Emily Bornoff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Discover the variety of ways our brains can trick us, from optical illusions to magicians' masterful use of misdirection to strategies used by con artists. Learn why you can't always trust your brain, so you'll be less likely to be swindled, hoodwinked, or bamboozled
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 80 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Introduction: Can you trust your brain?
- Chapter 1: 10 reasons not to trust your brain
- Chapter 2: Breaking down your brain
- Chapter 3: Fool your eyes
- Chapter 4: Tricking your other senses
- Chapter 5: How magicians mess with your mind
- Chapter 6: Con artists, mind readers, and other scammers
- Chapter 7: Foolproof your brain
- Isbn
- 9781633221581
- Label
- Fooled ya! : how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more
- Title
- Fooled ya!
- Title remainder
- how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more
- Statement of responsibility
- Jordan D. Brown ; illustrations by Emily Bornoff
- Subject
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- Juvenile works
- trueMagic tricks
- Magic tricks
- Magic tricks -- Juvenile fiction
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- Optical illusions
- trueCritical thinking in children
- trueOptical illusions in art
- trueStereograms
- trueVisual perception
- Optical illusions -- Juvenile literature
- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Discover the variety of ways our brains can trick us, from optical illusions to magicians' masterful use of misdirection to strategies used by con artists. Learn why you can't always trust your brain, so you'll be less likely to be swindled, hoodwinked, or bamboozled
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- 10570279
- Cataloging source
- JAI
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- Brown, Jordan
- Dewey number
- 152.14
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 930L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- 3
- 4
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- 1976-
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- Bornoff, Emily
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- Optical illusions
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- Hoaxes
- Magic tricks
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- how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more
- Label
- Fooled ya! : how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more, Jordan D. Brown ; illustrations by Emily Bornoff
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- Introduction: Can you trust your brain? -- Chapter 1: 10 reasons not to trust your brain -- Chapter 2: Breaking down your brain -- Chapter 3: Fool your eyes -- Chapter 4: Tricking your other senses -- Chapter 5: How magicians mess with your mind -- Chapter 6: Con artists, mind readers, and other scammers -- Chapter 7: Foolproof your brain
- Control code
- 1887593
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- 80 pages
- Isbn
- 9781633221581
- Media category
- unmediated
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- Other physical details
- color illustrations
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- (Sirsi) i9781633221581
- (OCoLC)1003134641
- Label
- Fooled ya! : how your brain gets tricked by optical illusions, magicians, hoaxes & more, Jordan D. Brown ; illustrations by Emily Bornoff
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Can you trust your brain? -- Chapter 1: 10 reasons not to trust your brain -- Chapter 2: Breaking down your brain -- Chapter 3: Fool your eyes -- Chapter 4: Tricking your other senses -- Chapter 5: How magicians mess with your mind -- Chapter 6: Con artists, mind readers, and other scammers -- Chapter 7: Foolproof your brain
- Control code
- 1887593
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- 80 pages
- Isbn
- 9781633221581
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781633221581
- (OCoLC)1003134641
Subject
- trueHoaxes
- Hoaxes
- Hoaxes -- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- trueMagic tricks
- Magic tricks
- Magic tricks -- Juvenile fiction
- trueOptical illusions
- Optical illusions
- trueCritical thinking in children
- trueOptical illusions in art
- trueStereograms
- trueVisual perception
- Optical illusions -- Juvenile literature
- Fiction
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