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Why does magic fool us so easily? Is our perception of reality just an illusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Gary O'Reilly explore the neuroscience behind magic with magician Teller (of Penn & Teller) and neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free.Thanks to our Patrons Jon Alvarez, Peter Dyreng, Joseph Dolan, Chesterfield Browne, Vinkey, Raymot Holmes, Kev, Kamila Kaftol, Biko Duncan, Nathan Hill, Alex Mertz, Erik Berglund Photography, Tricia Lynch, Mathaniel Spomer, Micheal Palmer, John Keltonic, Jack Williams, Eric Christensen, Melissa Palladino, Chris Ormonde, Tom Somers, Ivynelsewhere, Rafael Arenas Jr, Maurice Bakker, Flamigo Toes, Cadu Magarinos Torres, Tanner Simon, and Mike Nagavalli for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.
Did magicians discover tricks of the mind centuries before neuroscientists? Why can't you see what they're doing right in front of you? How do magicians steer your attention or appear to read your mind? Dive into the trapdoors of the human brain which allow the mind to get fooled. Join Eagleman with several guests: magician Robert Strong and cognitive neuroscientists Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde.
In this week's episode, we take a look at the mysterious and deceptive world of psychics. Part 1: Rich Tackenberg is skeptical when a psychic tells him there's something wrong with his car. Part 2: Science journalist Katherine J. Wu interviews neuroscientists Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik to get a better idea of how psychics, like the one from Rich Tackenberg's story, operate. Rich Tackenberg is: a happily married gadget geek, a new homeowner, an SNL apologist, an Apple fanboy, a recent convert to tea, a dog owner, a recovering people-pleaser, a comedy nerd, an LA resident, a New York native, a snob about disposable pens, and (most importantly) a big fan of lists. Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik are award-winning neuroscientists and professors at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. They are best known for their studies on perception, illusions, and attentional misdirection in stage magic. They produce the annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest, now in its 13th edition, and are the authors of the international bestseller Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions and Champions of Illusion: The Science Behind Mind-Boggling Images and Mystifying Brain Puzzles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The FitMind Podcast: Mental Health, Neuroscience & Mindfulness Meditation
Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde and Dr. Stephen Macknik are neuroscientists who specialize in the science of magic and illusion. Both are professors of ophthalmology, neurology, and physiology & pharmacology at the Downstate Medical Center. Together they pioneered the study of various aspects of magic such as perception, cognitive illusion, and attentional misdirection. On this episode, we discuss how magic tricks fool the brain, why everyday life is an illusion, what neuroscientists and magicians can learn from each other and much more. FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.co Show Notes 0:00 | Intro to Stephen Macknik, PhD & Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD 8:00 | How Magic Hacks Our Minds 13:00 | What Neuroscientists Learn from Magicians 15:54 | What Magicians Learn from Neuroscientists 17:24 | Testing Attention Manipulation 22:25 | Cognition & Calculation 25:36 | How Our Brains Construct Reality 28:27 | Vision Produces Our Changing Realities 29:53 | Microsaccades Explained 32:58 | Brain on Autopilot 35:50 | Expertise as an Unconscious Process 40:46 | Magic for Kids vs. Magic for Adults 43:43 | Is Magic Still Enjoyable When You Know the Tricks? 48:24 | Rapid Fire Questions
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
It's time for our 14th Annual Review Episode! Despite the challenges of 2020, it has been an outstanding year for Brain Science: the show passed 11 million downloads and Dr. Campbell released of second edition of Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty. This episode is also a great introduction for new listeners. It can be enjoyed even if you haven’t listened to the episodes being discussed. A free transcript is also available for this episode. Here is a list of this year's episodes: BS 165 (encore) Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, authors of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions BS 166 Stephen Macknik describes new a visual prosthesis BS 167 Stanislas Dehaene, author of How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now BS 168 Cecelia Heyes, author of Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking BS 169 (encore) R. Douglas Fields The Other Brain BS 170 Andreas Nieder, author of The Number Instinct BS 171 Matthew Cobb, author of The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience BS 172 György Buzsáki, author of The Brain from Inside Out BS 173 Excerpt from Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell BS 174 Georg Northoff, author of The Spontaneous Brain: From the Mind–Body to the World–Brain Problem BS 175 Carol Tavris, co-author of Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)- an exploration of cognitive dissonance BS 176 Seth Grant explains synapse complexity BS 177 Bernard Baars and David Edelman talk about consciousness BS 178 Peter Sterling, author of What Is Health?: Allostasis and the Evolution of Human Design Note: the transcript for this episode is Free. Additional show notes and more episode transcripts are available at brainsciencepodcast.com. Please Visit Our Sponsors: TextExpander at textexpander.com/pocasts The Neurology Podcast at ann.com/podcasts Announcements: Brain Science comes out on 4th Friday each month. Support Brain Science by buying Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD. (autographed copies are available) Learn more ways to support Brain Science at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/donations Sign up for the free Brain Science Newsletter to get show notes automatically every month. You can also text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Check out the free Brain Science Mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows. (It's a great way to get both new episodes and premium content.) Connect on Social Media: Twitter: @docartemis Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/brainsciencepodcast Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com Voicemail: http://speakpipe.com/docartemis
What is magic? Professor David Bassuk from Purchase College NYC returns to our podcast to discuss whether magic is more of a mindset or rather a toolbox. He digs into the danger of magical thinking as a trap for avoiding the current problems we should be addressing.IMPORTANT LINKS“Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History” by Kurt Andersen“Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions” by Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Sandra Blakeslee
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This episode is an encore presentation of an interview with neuroscientists Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde. We talk about their international bestseller "Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions." Macknik and Martinez-Conde are neuroscientists who study vision, but several years ago they had the innovative idea of collaborating with magicians to explore how their use of both visual and cognitive illusions reveals secrets about how our brains work. This may sound esoteric, but it has practical consequences, especially for making sound decisions in our complex world. I will be back in 2 weeks with a new interview with Stephen Macknik. Links and References: Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde Stephen Macknik Susana Martinez-Conde Please Visit Our Sponsors: BetterHelp at http://betterhelp.com/ginger TextExpander at TextExpander.com/podcast Announcements: Brain Science will be coming out twice a month in 2020 on the second and 4th Friday. Send email to brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com or post voice feedback at http://speakpipe.com/docartemis. To win an Amazon gift certificate: post a review of Brain Science in iTunes and send me a screenshot. Learn you can support Brain Science at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/donations Learn about Dr. Campbell's new coaching efforts at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/coaching Sign up for the free Brain Science Newsletter to get show notes automatically every month. Check out the free Brain Science Mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows. Connect on Social Media: Twitter: @docartemis Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/brainsciencepodcast Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com Voicemail: http://speakpipe.com/docartemis
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
I am including the transcript of this episode for free because it is an encore presentation of an interview that originally aired as BSP 72. It features Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, authors of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions.
Susana Martinez-Conde es neurocientífica, imparte clases de Oftalmología, Neurología, Fisiología y Farmacología en la Universidad Estatal de Nueva York y en el Centro Médico Downstate, donde dirige el Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa.Susana ha escrito, junto a su marido Stephen Macknik, el best seller internacional 'Los engaños de la mente', y se ha convertido en una de las científicas pioneras en el desarrollo de la disciplina conocida como neuromagia, una rama en la que ciencia y magia se dan la mano con el objetivo de ayudarnos a conocer más acerca del funcionamiento del cerebro.¿Cuántas veces te has preguntado cómo es posible que un mago haga lo que hace a un metro o centímetros de ti, que lo haga dos veces incluso, y que aún así te engañe? ¿Qué le pasa a tus ojos o qué le pasa a tu cerebro que no asimila lo que está pasando en tus narices? La neuromagia busca respuestas para estas preguntas.
Susana Martinez-Conde es neurocientífica, imparte clases de Oftalmología, Neurología, Fisiología y Farmacología en la Universidad Estatal de Nueva York y en el Centro Médico Downstate, donde dirige el Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa. Susana ha escrito, junto a su marido Stephen Macknik, el best seller internacional 'Los engaños de la mente', y se ha convertido en una de las científicas pioneras en el desarrollo de la disciplina conocida como neuromagia, una rama en la que ciencia y magia se dan la mano con el objetivo de ayudarnos a conocer más acerca del funcionamiento del cerebro. ¿Cuántas veces te has preguntado cómo es posible que un mago haga lo que hace a un metro o centímetros de ti, que lo haga dos veces incluso, y que aún así te engañe? ¿Qué le pasa a tus ojos, o qué le pasa a tu cerebro, que no asimilan lo que está pasando en tus narices? La neuromagia busca respuestas para estas preguntas.
This week, we're presenting stories about what happens when our expectations don't match up with reality. Part 1: Married neuroscientists Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik are surprised by what they learn when they investigate deception at a psychic convention. Part 2: While working in the South Sudan, OB-GYN Africa Stewart must wait for an elder's permission before treating a pregnant woman gored by a bull. Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik are award-winning neuroscientists and professors at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. They are best known for their studies on perception, illusions, and attentional misdirection in stage magic. They produce the annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest, now in its 13th edition, and are the authors of the international bestseller Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions. Their new book, Champions of Illusion: The Science Behind Mind-Boggling Images and Mystifying Brain Puzzles, comes out October 24th. Dr. Africa Stewart graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University in 1995 with a BA in psychology and mathematical science. She then attended Drexel University Medical School in Philadelphia. In 1999 she completed a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Strategic Planning from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business. She then returned to Philadelphia to finish her medical training at Drexel. In 2000 she received a Doctorate in Medicine and began Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Hahnemann University Hospital. Her career with MSF began in Sudan in June 2011. Dr. Stewart has completed 4 surgical field missions and served as a guide for the Forced From Home exhibit in 2016. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Doctors Without Borders and continues to support women’s health care locally and abroad with and emphasis on education and prevention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SwordPlay - Ep. 9 - Guest Jimmy Hinton - pt. 2 We continue our conversation with Jimmy Hinton about sexual predators in the church and what we can do on a practical level to protect the vulnerable around us. Listed below are several recommended resources by Jimmy for further study. Books: Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, And Other Sex Offenders by Anna Salter The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker The Child Safeguarding Policy Guide for Churches and Ministries by Basyle (Boz) Tchividjian and Shira M. Berkovits Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, and Sandra Blakeslee Not Marked: Finding Hope and Healing after Sexual Abuse by Mary DeMuth Websites: JimmyHinton.org netgrace.org findingahealingplace.com together-we-heal.org cryingoutforjustice.com view our website: swordplay.cast.rocks search "swordplay" in iTunes podcasts or Google Play. "Like" us or write a review feel free to re-post to social media send questions and comments to: swordplaypodcast@gmail.com
Larry Nassar successfully abused his victims while parents were in the same room. He is not unique. In fact, many sexual abusers abuse their victims right in front of us. Jimmy co-lectured with neuroscientists Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde and Dr. Stephen Macknik last week to explore the science behind deception. In this episode, Jimmy and Clara share their "take away" moments from the lecture last week.
Skeptical scientists Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknick take a trip to a psychic fair to find out if the psychics can really read the details of their past lives.
Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde reveal what magicians can teach neuroscientists.
Learn the secret of magic when Penn & Teller sit down with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Chuck Nice and neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde join Neil in studio, Michael Shermer calls in about skepticism, and Bill Nye explains why we want to believe.
The phrase neuromagic sounds like an obscure genre of cyberpunk fantasy novels. In reality, it is the study of the neuroscience of magicians and magic. Founders of the discipline Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde have spent years unlocking the secrets of the human brain and why we are so easily fooled. On this week’s episode, the pair talk about their research and reveal some of the real secrets of magic including change blindness, misdirection, perception and saccades. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it. http://www.sleightsofmind.com/ http://www.mammothaudio.com.au/scamapalooza/
Interview with Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde; This day in Skepticism; News Items: Vitamins and Mortality, Megavirus, NDEs, More UFOs, Electrosense, Airborne Petition; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Interview with Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde; This day in Skepticism; News Items: Vitamins and Mortality, Megavirus, NDEs, More UFOs, Electrosense, Airborne Petition; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
In order to accomplish amazing illusions and magic tricks, performers of prestidigitation must be well versed in the art of deception; thus, it is not surprising that many of the world's most renowned skeptics are also world-class magicians. This week on Skepticality, Swoopy talks with Dr. Stephen L. Macknik and Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde, co-authors of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions (with Sandra Blakeslee). Both are laboratory directors at the Barrow Neurological Institute and columnists at ScientificAmerican.com - experience they bring to their multi-year, world-wide exploration of magic (with a team of advisors including Jamy Ian Swiss, the late Jerry Andrus, and James "The Amazing" Randi). Can ancient principles of the conjurer's trade be explained using the latest discoveries of cognitive neuroscience? Find out on this episode!
Dan Ariely, Susana Martinez-Conde