It’s true. The hand is quicker than the eye.
While we usually throw a freshly poured coffee at “neuro-” words like “neuropolitics,” “neuroeconomics,” neuroarthistory, and (tomorrow’s faux buzz for sure) “neuro-used car salesmanship,” The Science of Magic (neuromagic?) sounds genuinely interesting:
After all, no one believes it.
Hat tip: Stephanie West Allen at Brains on Purpose
Very interesting.
I showed this clip to my son, Jonathan, who is a magician. While the rest of us were saying, “That’s amazing!” he was saying, “That’s brilliant!”—the first time through, that is.
It’s all in where you focus your attention.
I love how Walter ReMine connects modern evolutionary theory with magic.