Book · 2010 · Neurosciences
Sleights of mind
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Why people recommend it
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Brains by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde explores how magicians exploit human cognitive vulnerabilities and neural blind spots. On StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson repeatedly praised the 2011 book, declaring it to have the best title of any work he had encountered and commending its continued commercial success. In a separate episode of People I (Mostly) Admire, magician Joshua Jay discussed the book while recounting a university performance where he discovered that students in the psychology department had been assigned the text as part of their coursework. The commentators emphasized how the volume bridges the gap between stage magic and rigorous neuroscience, demonstrating that the tricks used by illusionists are actually practical demonstrations of how the human brain processes attention, perception, and reality. By examining the shared mechanisms of deception and cognition, the authors offer readers a fascinating look into why human beings are so easily misled in both magical performances and everyday life.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson using the title of your book slights of Mind best title ever still best title slights of mind I love it I l… 3
“and you're author from now 2011 a book still selling well slights of Mind”
“using the title of your book slights of Mind best title ever still best title slights of mind I love it I love it”
“the one with the best title ever slights of mind you like that don't you love it”
Joshua Jay the way it happened was I was hired to do a show for the psychology department of college of New Jersey and… 1
“the way it happened was I was hired to do a show for the psychology department of college of New Jersey and so they're I don't know 250 kids in this Hall and they had all been assigned to read a book called slights of mine which is a book on the Neuroscience of magic”
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“There were, I don't know, 250 kids in this hall, and they had all been assigned to read a book called 'Slight of Mind,' which is a book on the neuroscience of magic. I did my show, and afterwards they were asking great questions, and one after the next, I realized we don't know the answers to these questions.”