Full title: The illusionist brain : the neuroscience of magic / Jordi Camí and Luis M. Martínez ; translated by Eduardo Aparicio.

Author/creator: Martínez, Luis M., 1969-, Aparicio, Eduardo, Camí, Jordi, 1952-.

Call Numbers: G 2022/1675

Record Identifier: 74VKaNqkGx5A

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: ix, 234 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm, , , , The art and science of the impossible -- Part I. The basics -- Living in illusion: the human brain and the visual pathway -- The conception of reality: we are our memories -- Part II. The mechanisms -- We build an illusion of continuity -- Magic and contrast: the key to it all -- We filter and process only what is useful to us -- Perceiving is a creative act, but everything is already in your brain -- To remember is to rebuild -- The undervalued unconscious brain -- The magic of decision-making -- Part III. The results -- The magic experience and its audiences -- Wrapping up: scientific research and magic.

Publishers: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Critics' Picks

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DDC: 612.8

MMS ID: 991024477423202626