Misdirection – past, present, and the future
Auteurs : Kuhn, Gustav (Auteur) ; Martinez, Luis M. (Auteur)
Éditeur : Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 5 art. 172, 7 pages
Date de publication : 2012
Langue : Anglais
Notes : Références : p. 6-7
Résumé :
Misdirection refers to the magician’s ability to manipulate people’s attention, thoughts, and
memory. It has been argued that some of the techniques used by magicians to orchestrate
people’s attention and awareness may provide valuable insights into human cognition. In
this paper we review the scientific, as well as some of the magic literature on misdirection.
We focus on four main points: (1) the magician’s concept of misdirection, (2) the paradigms
used to study misdirection scientifically, (3) review of the current scientific findings, and
(4) future directions.
DOI : 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00172