Magic is an art form that has fascinated humans for centuries. Recently, the techniques used
by magicians to make their audience experience the impossible have attracted the attention …

When magicians perform spectacles that seem to defy the laws of nature, they do so by
manipulating psychological reality. Hence, the principles underlying the art of conjuring are …

Over the centuries, magicians have developed extensive knowledge about the manipulation
of the human mind—knowledge that has been largely ignored by psychology. It has recently …

Magicians use misdirection to prevent you from realizing the methods used to create a
magical effect, thereby allowing you to experience an apparently impossible event …

Background Conjurors are masters of illusion and deception, and they have developed
astonishing methods for manipulating our experience. Intuitively, the link between magic …

Misdirection refers to the magician's ability to manipulate people's attention, thoughts, and
memory. It has been argued that some of the techniques used by magicians to orchestrate …

Illusions developed by magicians are a rich and largely untapped source of insight into
perception and cognition. Here we show that curved motion, as employed by the magician in …

Magicians often trick spectators' senses by relying on cognitive limitations. To do so, they
use intuitive but age-old knowledge of human cognition. Research into the relationship …

Magic tricks have enjoyed an increasing interest by scientists. However, most research in
magic focused on isolated aspects of it and a conceptual understanding of magic …

The use of magic effects to investigate the blind spots in attention and perception and
roadblocks in the cognition of the spectator has yielded thought-provoking results …