Why your brain is easily fooled by magic and misdirection
In short: Psychologist Gustav Kuhn uses magic to demonstrate how misdirection and optical illusions reveal the hidden mechanics of the human mind.
In this Royal Institution talk, Gustav Kuhn, a Reader in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, explores how magic serves as a window into neuroscience. By examining how we are duped, Kuhn investigates the psychological mysteries of perception and the unsettling ways our brains process reality.
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- Also: Experiencing the Impossible: The Science of Magic
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