I found this article about a new discipline I’ve never heard of called “neuromagic.” Magicians manipulate the attention and consciousness of their spectators in ways that neuroscientists in a lab have never been able to manage. Magicians have a repertoire of techniques that they use to fool their spectators to enhance the perception of their tricks. For example, misdirection which uses inattentional blindness and change blindness to deceive their audience. Now neuroscientists are teaming up with magicians to discover what this art form can tell them about the brain. I love this article because it begins to show us how art and pefrormance can not only make way in helping our society socially, but now it’s beginning to help us scientifically, as well.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2011/oct/14/1
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