Dec 01, 2019 sleights of mind by macknik and martinez conde audiobook by robert larrison. This fascinating book is the result of the authors worldwide exploration of magic and how its ancient principles can now be explained using the latest discoveries of cognitive neuroscience. While it reveals some of the cognitive and perceptual aspects of illusions, it makes many applications to everyday life as well. Listen to sleights of mind by sandra blakeslee,stephen l. What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our everyday deceptions by stephen macknik and susana martinezconde, with sandra blakeslee. Sleights of mind what the neuroscience of magic reveals. Have you ever wondered how a magician saws a woman in half. This book doesnt just promise to change the way you think about sleight of hand. In sleights of mind, macknik and martinezconde, two of the worlds leading neuroscientists and the founders of the new discipline of neuromagic, meet with magicians from all over the world to explore the interplay between magic, the brain, and everyday life. The book presents a unique survey the brains amazing quilt of body maps.
What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our everyday deceptions audible audiobook unabridged stephen l. This book doesnt just promise to change the way you think about sleight of hand and david copperfieldit will also. Macknik, susana martinezconde, sandra blakeslee, narrated by lloyd james. A good magician uses your mind s intrinsic properties against you in a form of mental jujitsu, to fool you every time, even when you know full well that you are being tricked. Scientific american book club magic is the place where our senses and beliefs fail us. This book is the result of the authors yearlong, worldwide exploration of magic and how its principles apply to our behavior.
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What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our everyday deceptions, which is the first book to explore the neuroscience of magic. Sleights of mind explains magic tricks by telling one about the shortcuts, limits, and programming of brain and attendant sensory systems that facilitate such tricks. Feb 02, 2012 sleights of mind explains magic tricks by telling one about the shortcuts, limits, and programming of brain and attendant sensory systems that facilitate such tricks. This book is about how magic tricks exploit errors in thinking and perception. I read everyone i come across and so i joined macknik, martinezconde, and blakeslee in sleights of mind. This is a surprise, given that the authors, who head two large neuroscience research groups, have in fact not published any empirical work that has been inspired by magic. Sleights of mind audiobook by sandra blakeslee rakuten kobo. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Sleights of mind by stephen macknik, 97808050928, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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