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How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to
astonish and amaze us How do magicians make us see the impossible?
The Illusionist Brain takes you on an unforgettable journey through
the inner workings of the human mind, revealing how magicians
achieve their spectacular and seemingly impossible effects by
interfering with your cognitive processes. Along the way, this
lively and informative book provides a guided tour of modern
neuroscience, using magic as a lens for understanding the
unconscious and automatic functioning of our brains. We construct
reality from the information stored in our memories and received
through our senses, and our brains are remarkably adept at tricking
us into believing that our experience is continuous. In fact, our
minds create our perception of reality by elaborating meanings and
continuities from incomplete information, and while this strategy
carries clear benefits for survival, it comes with blind spots that
magicians know how to exploit. Jordi Cami and Luis Martinez explore
the many different ways illusionists manipulate our
attention-making us look but not see-and take advantage of our
individual predispositions and fragile memories. The Illusionist
Brain draws on the latest findings in neuroscience to explain how
magic deceives us, surprises us, and amazes us, and demonstrates
how illusionists skillfully "hack" our brains to alter how we
perceive things and influence what we imagine.
This book presents a collection of articles reflecting
state-of-the-art research in visual perception, specifically
concentrating on neural correlates of perception. Each section
addresses one of the main topics in vision research today. Part 2:
Fundamentals of Awareness, Multi-Sensory Integration and High-Order
Perception covers topics from filling-in to visual awareness to
crossmodal interactions. A variety of methodological approaches are
represented, including single-neuron recordings, fMRI and optical
imaging, psychophysics, eye movement characterization and
computational modelling. The contributions will provide the reader
with a valuable perspective on the current status of vision
research, and more importantly, with critical insight into future
research directions and the discoveries yet to come.
- Provides a detailed breakdown of the neural and psychophysical
bases of Perception
- Presents never-before-published original discoveries
- Includes multiple full-color illustrations
This book presents a collection of articles reflecting
state-of-the-art research in visual perception, specifically
concentrating on neural correlates of perception. Each section
addresses one of the main topics in vision research today. Volume 1
Fundamentals of Vision: Low and Mid-Level Processes in Perception
covers topics from receptive field analyses to shape perception and
eye movements. A variety of methodological approaches are
represented, including single-neuron recordings, fMRI and optical
imaging, psychophysics, eye movement characterization and
computational modelling. The contributions will provide the reader
with a valuable perspective on the current status of vision
research, and more importantly, with critical insight into future
research directions and the discoveries yet to come.
. Provides a detailed breakdown of the neural and psychophysical
bases of Perception
. Presents never-before-published original discoveries
. Includes multiple full-color illustrations"
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