Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research

2008/07/30 by Stephen L. Macknik, Mac King, James Randi +6 · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Consciousness #Illusion #Intuition #MAGIC (telescope) #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neuroscience #Psychology #Visual perception and processing mechanisms

paper · doi:10.1038/nrn2473

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