Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions
Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, the founders of the exciting new discipline of neuromagic, have convinced some of the world’s greatest magicians to allow scientists to study their techniques for tricking the brain. The implications of neuromagic go beyond illuminating our behavior;...
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Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, the founders of the exciting new discipline of neuromagic, have convinced some of the world’s greatest magicians to allow scientists to study their techniques for tricking the brain. The implications of neuromagic go beyond illuminating our behavior; early research points to new approaches for everything from the diagnosis of autism to marketing techniques and education. Fun and accessible, Sleights of Mind is "a tour through consciousness, attention, and deception via the marriage of professional magic and cognitive neuroscience" (Vanessa Schipani, The Scientist).
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312611675 (0312611676)
Publish date: November 22nd 2011
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 291
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Non Fiction,
Science,
Popular Science,
Biology,
Philosophy,
Psychology,
Neuroscience,
Brain,
Skepticism
I have read and/or listened to this book at least four times (one of which was while I was studying neurobiology), and it never ceases to completely captivate me.
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