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Magic & Attention

I am currently in the preliminary stages of a series of experiments examining inattentional blindness and change blindness in the context of viewing magic tricks. Here is a recent segment that Phoenix KTVK Channel 3 aired on the project:

For a cute example of a magic trick employing change blindness, watch this video by Richard Wiseman, a magician and psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire:

Here's a brief presentation I gave at the Ignite Phoenix event on eye movements and their role in attention and the perception of magic:

Priming & Magic

Here's another "lighting" presentation I gave on the application of perceptual priming to the creation of magical effects at the Ignite Phoenix event.

For more information on psychology and magic, see the webpage of Gustav Kuhn, a magician and cognitive psychologist at the University of Durham.

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