Sleights of Mind

This book delves into the neuroscience of magic, explaining how magicians exploit the hardwired processes of attention and awareness in the human brain.

The authors, neuroscientists Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, along with science writer Sandra Blakeslee, discuss various classes of illusions, including visual, cognitive, and multi-sensory illusions.

They reveal how these illusions work and their implications for everyday life, such as in sales techniques and personal relationships.

The book introduces the concept of 'neuromagic,' a discipline that combines brain science and the art of magic to understand perception and cognition better.