Study: Blinking Could Be Key to Magic Tricks
A study reveals that split-second periods of blinking coincide with key moments of deception during magic tricks.
Magician and psychologist Prof. Richard Wiseman conducted the research into audiences blinking during magic tricks. Photo: Brian Fischbacher.
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References
- Wiseman, R.J. and Nakano, T. (2016). Blink and you'll miss it: the role of blinking in the perception of magic tricks. PeerJ. 4:e1873. Retrieved from https://peerj.com/articles/1873/.
- Rensink, R.A., O'Regan, J.K. and Clark, J.J. On the Failure to Detect Changes in Scenes Across Brief Interruptions. Visual Cognition. 7(1,2,3). 127-45.
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