Résumé :
The art of magic relies on tricking our brains into experiencing the impossible. Years of
performance experience has allowed magicians to refine and perfect their deceptive
techniques, and scientists have now started to investigate these techniques to help uncover
some of the mysteries of the human brain. The Science of Magic has become a field of its own
right, and huge advances have been made in furthering our understanding why these illusions
work. We review the latest scientific research on magic and misdirection and explore what
these deceptive techniques tells us about perception, memory and reasoning.