BS 165: Magic as a Tool for Understanding the Brain

This episode is an encore presentation of an interview with
neuroscientists Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde. We
talk about their international bestseller "Sleights of Mind: What
the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions."
Macknik and Martinez-Conde are neuroscientists who study vision,
but several years ago they had the innovative idea of
collaborating with magicians to explore how their use of both
visual and cognitive illusions reveals secrets about how our
brains work.


This may sound esoteric, but it has practical consequences,
especially for making sound decisions in our complex world.


I will be back in 2 weeks with a new interview with Stephen
Macknik.


Links and References:


Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals
about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen Macknik and Susana
Martinez-Conde

Stephen Macknik

Susana Martinez-Conde



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