Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions

Macknik, Stephen; Martinez-Conde, Susana; Blakeslee, Sandra

ISBN 10: 0312611676 / ISBN 13: 9780312611675

Published by Picador, 2011

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Synopsis:

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).

About the Authors: Stephen L. Macknik, Ph.D., is Director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He is co-author of Sleights of Mind.

Susana Martinez-Conde, Ph.D., is Director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute. She is co-author of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions.

Sandra Blakeslee has been writing about science and medicine for The New York Times for more than thirty years and is the co-author of Phantoms in the Brain by V. S. Ramachandran and of Judith Wallerstein's bestselling books on psychology and marriage. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of ...
Publisher: Picador
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good