The Psychology of Magic and the Magic of Psychology

• Main Author: Amir Raz (auth)
• Other Authors: Jay A. Olson (auth), Gustav Kuhn (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; persuasion; Misdirection; deception; Magic; Illusion; wonder
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Magicians have dazzled audiences for many centuries; however, few researchers have studied how, let alone why, most tricks work. The psychology of magic is a nascent field of research that examines the underlying mechanisms that conjurers use to achieve enchanting phenomena, including sensory illusi...