Why We Love Surprises
Hidden Brain
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Using Movies as a Brain Scanning Tool
A good magician exploits gaps in our attention and our tendency to draw rapid but flawed inf esad. In this clip, which maybe altered a bit for clarity, he puts a coin in his left hand, gives it a dramatic squeeze, bom, and opens his hand, and then it justdis rs,. Just like that. But at this point, our minds have already filled in the gaps about cause and effect.
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