Stephen Macknik

What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions

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Is your mind different from matter and mechanism? And if not, is all meaning, purpose and feeling illusory? @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/zFqbkEBxWi https://t.co/zFqbkEBxWi

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Remembering The Great Tomsoni https://t.co/JCyEpAMytu

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ohnny Thompson was The Great Tomsoni and a great friend to neuroscience. We remember him here. https://t.co/JCyEpAMytu @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/JCyEpAMytu

[Stephen Macknik @Sleightsofmind]

Johnny Thompson was The Great Tomsoni and a great friend to neuroscience. We remember him here. https://t.co/JCyEpAMytu @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/JCyEpAMytu

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Area V1 responses to illusory corner-folds in Vasarely’s nested squares and the Alternating Brightness Star illusions https://t.co/GyFhnPSxwO

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So great. https://t.co/VDpYoaJrlK

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The not-so-exquisite corpse: how prey play dead (and yucky) to fool predators. @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/QKg2AAhW0w https://t.co/QKg2AAhW0w

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Think people are looking you in the eye? Think again. @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/uRDRkf1KAY https://t.co/Pgq045mWbn

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Your Brain Sees Ambiguous Language as a Type of Illusion https://t.co/B3NaW0HIRB

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"The Chicken is Ready to Eat" has two meanings. Scientists can detect your brain's flip-flop between them. @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/B3NaW0HIRB

[Stephen Macknik @Sleightsofmind]

"The Chicken is Ready to Eat" has two meanings. Scientists can detect your brain's flip-flop between them. @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/B3NaW0HIRB

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Why you can’t say “Happy Thanksgiving” in Dothraki @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/OiiCG1b94C https://t.co/OiiCG1b94C

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Why you can’t say “Happy Thanksgiving” in Dothraki @illusionchasers #sciamblogs https://t.co/OiiCG0Tyd4

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You perform better if you think you're multitasking—even if you’re not https://t.co/JTADkzTYED https://t.co/JTADkzTYED

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You perform better if you think you're multitasking—even if you’re not https://t.co/JTADkzTYED

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The 'Best Illusion of the Year' Will Make You Mistrust Your Brain https://t.co/B6lKl4KfKr

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Estas son las 3 ilusiones ópticas del año, seg��n los expertos https://t.co/G8wB3gqf0F

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