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by **Relish** » Feb 3rd, '11, 16:30

I was given the Times supplement, 'Eureka' today by a colleague who knows of my interest in magic and there is an article about this book:

Sleights of Mind: What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our brains

does anyone know if this is any good?

might have a gamble and get it but wondered if anyone else has read it?

by **Tomo** » Feb 3rd, '11, 16:33

Here's the web site.

by **Ted** » Feb 3rd, '11, 16:39

Weird. URL keeps disappearing. Here it is again:
http://tinyurl.com/65n92o3

Description:

What can magic tell us about ourselves and our daily lives? If you subtly change the subject during an uncomfortable conversation, did you know you’re using attentional ‘misdirection’, a core technique of magic? And if you’ve ever bought an expensive item you’d sworn never to buy, you were probably unaware that the salesperson was, like an accomplished magician, a master at creating the ‘illusion of choice’. In Sleights of Mind, leading neuroscientists Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde meet with magicians from all over the world to explain how the magician’s art sheds light on consciousness, memory, attention, and belief. As the founders of the new discipline of NeuroMagic, they combine cutting-edge scientific research with startling insights into the tricks of the magic trade, showing how the world’s greatest masters of deception turn the brain’s faculties against itself. By understanding how magic manipulates the processes in our brains, we can better understand how we work – in fields from law and education to marketing, health and psychology – for good and for ill.

by **Tomo** » Feb 3rd, '11, 17:28

Ta Ted. I definitely posted a URL but did indeed vanish.

by **Ted** » Feb 3rd, '11, 17:32

Tomo wrote:Ta Ted. I definitely posted a URL but did indeed vanish.

It was in the initial post, too. Well, it was when I first read it.

by **sleightlycrazy** » Feb 3rd, '11, 20:14

It's a very good book. Macknik came to speak at my university in December and I got the book for Christmas. It's a really interesting perspective on what all of us do almost unconsciously. It heavily features Apollo Robbins, but describes the works of many other greats.

by **Edantes** » Aug 5th, '11, 22:25

It is indeed a brilliant book

I've just read it and found it highly interesting and informative, a scientific look at what we all do!

by **DrTodd** » Aug 6th, '11, 08:44

Errr...

Full of unneccssary exposure from many of our own, incorrect details about effects and guilty of 'neuormania' but apparently very popular...

by **corindaman** » Aug 6th, '11, 08:50

DrTodd wrote:Errr...

Full of unneccssary exposure from many of our own, incorrect details about effects and guilty of 'neuormania' but apparently very popular...

I take it you don't like it then?

by **Ted** » Aug 6th, '11, 08:59

corindaman wrote:
DrTodd wrote:Errr...

Full of unneccssary exposure from many of our own, incorrect details about effects and guilty of 'neuormania' but apparently very popular...

I take it you don't like it then?

You must be a mentalist! :-)

by **DrTodd** » Aug 7th, '11, 08:33

corindaman wrote:
DrTodd wrote:Errr...

Full of unneccssary exposure from many of our own, incorrect details about effects and guilty of 'neuormania' but apparently very popular...

I take it you don't like it then?

For so many reasons, no...

by **TheStoner** » Aug 7th, '11, 10:56

I quite liked it

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