This week we’ll speak neuroscientists to Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde see how magicians exploit our brain for their tricks. A lot of it is to do with perception and how we focus our attention.
Try this test for size – count the number of times the basketball is passed by players wearing white shirts.
And this one:
What’s unusual about this film?
Because of attentional focus, we sometimes don’t notice even the most dramatic of changes:
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