#85: Neuromagic & Illusion - Stephen Macknik, PhD & Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD

<p class="">Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde and Dr. Stephen Macknik are neuroscientists who specialize in the science of magic and illusion.</p> <p class="">Both are professors of ophthalmology, neurology, and physiology & pharmacology at the Downstate Medical Center.</p> <p class="">Together they pioneered the study of various aspects of magic such as perception, cognitive illusion, and attentional misdirection.</p> <p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1641232264892_622" class="">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.</p> FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: <a href= "http://bit.ly/afitmind">http://bit.ly/afitmind</a><br /> Website: <a href="http://www.fitmind.co/">www.fitmind.co</a> <p>Show Notes</p> <p>0:00 | Intro to Stephen Macknik, PhD & Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD</p> <p>8:00 | How Magic Hacks Our Minds</p> <p>13:00 | What Neuroscientists Learn from Magicians</p> <p>15:54 | What Magicians Learn from Neuroscientists</p> <p>17:24 | Testing Attention Manipulation<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>22:25 | Cognition & Calculation</p> <p>25:36 | How Our Brains Construct Reality</p> <p>28:27 | Vision Produces Our Changing Realities</p> <p>29:53 | Microsaccades Explained</p> <p>32:58 | Brain on Autopilot</p> <p>35:50 | Expertise as an Unconscious Process</p> <p>40:46 | Magic for Kids vs. Magic for Adults</p> <p>43:43 | Is Magic Still Enjoyable When You Know the Tricks?</p> <p>48:24 | Rapid Fire Questions</p>