Currently, we see the contours of a new research program emerging, where cognitive scientists study what magicians do and why it works. This research program may aid us in formulating interesting questions about central aspects of human experience and in gaining new perspectives on the relation between perception and cognition.status: publishe
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the idea that we may gain new insights in cogn...
Magic is an art form that has fascinated humans for centuries. Recently the techniques used by magic...
Over the centuries, magicians have developed extensive knowledge about the manipulation of the human...
The art of magic relies on tricking our brains into experiencing the impossible. Years of performan...
When magicians perform spectacles that seem to defy the laws of nature, they do so by manipulating p...
It is argued here that cognitive science currently neglects an important source of insight into the ...
When we believe misinformation, we have succumbed to an illusion: our perception or interpretation o...
Magicians have dazzled audiences for many centuries; however, few researchers have studied how, let ...
When magicians perform spectacles that seem to defy the laws of nature, they do so by manipulating p...
This thesis is concerned with the psychology of magic and illusion. In particular it is focused on t...
Magicians use deception to create effects that allow us to experience the impossible. More recently,...
Scientific discoveries rely on creative thinking, and several authors have explored similarities in ...
Magicians use deception to create effects that allow us to experience the impossible. More recently,...
Cognitive scientists have paid very little attention to magic as a distinctly human activity capable...
As social beings, humans try to control and predict each other’s thoughts and behaviours. Stage magi...
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the idea that we may gain new insights in cogn...
Magic is an art form that has fascinated humans for centuries. Recently the techniques used by magic...
Over the centuries, magicians have developed extensive knowledge about the manipulation of the human...
The art of magic relies on tricking our brains into experiencing the impossible. Years of performan...
When magicians perform spectacles that seem to defy the laws of nature, they do so by manipulating p...
It is argued here that cognitive science currently neglects an important source of insight into the ...
When we believe misinformation, we have succumbed to an illusion: our perception or interpretation o...
Magicians have dazzled audiences for many centuries; however, few researchers have studied how, let ...
When magicians perform spectacles that seem to defy the laws of nature, they do so by manipulating p...
This thesis is concerned with the psychology of magic and illusion. In particular it is focused on t...
Magicians use deception to create effects that allow us to experience the impossible. More recently,...
Scientific discoveries rely on creative thinking, and several authors have explored similarities in ...
Magicians use deception to create effects that allow us to experience the impossible. More recently,...
Cognitive scientists have paid very little attention to magic as a distinctly human activity capable...
As social beings, humans try to control and predict each other’s thoughts and behaviours. Stage magi...
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the idea that we may gain new insights in cogn...
Magic is an art form that has fascinated humans for centuries. Recently the techniques used by magic...
Over the centuries, magicians have developed extensive knowledge about the manipulation of the human...
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