Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions Audiobook

" Scientific explanations behind how magicians trick us and our brains. Some fascinating science and spoilers as well to some magic tricks. But you are forewarned, so you can skip those bits. "

" Very interesting read. Will certainly entertain while causing you to think. "

" This book is terrific! Through it's format it kills two birds with one stone. It teaches you about the awesome principals and techniques which magicians use in constructing their tricks, illustrating them with actual examples, before explaining how they work in the head. This is pretty advanced science going on here, at the cutting edge of new research, and is very exciting to read about. Also, it is really nice to know just how they do that trick! "

" Fascinating and entertaining insight into both the world of magic and of neuroscience. "

" Given all the psychology and magic books I've read, this one fell short on both fronts. There are some interesting spoilers on how certain famous magic tricks are done and a little of the psychology behind them, but given that I have read about several of these psychological quirks in greater detail before, This book didn't offer anything new or insightful even in the light of magic and illusion. "

" Very cool insights into both magic and how our minds work. This book took me days to finish because I kept going online to check out magic tricks (and got hooked on Penn & Teller's Fool Us show in the UK, which I'm obsessed with figuring out every trick) "

" interwsting book of magic to say the least. "

" Magic and neuroscience? What's not to like? "

" Simply spectacular! A great contribution to the spread of this important subject, our brain and its working. "

" Covers an insanely wide range of things that make your head "work". The blending of who your brain works when it encounters magic makes it all the more enjoyable. "

" A wonderful and enlightening amalgamation of neuroscience and magic, with many fun and illustrative examples. "

" Absolutely fascinating look at the ways your brain constructs your perception of reality, and the ways that magic illuminates and manipulates them. Extremely interesting and highly readable. "

" Some of the science was a little dry (though that's to be expected) but the descriptions of tricks and especially the way the human brain functions to make the magic tricks work is absolutely fascinating. "

" What do you think you know? I bet you don't. What do you really remember? I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Your brain is much more fascinating than you are, and it takes some science - or at least some magic - to try to understand it. "

" An extremely interesting study of the neuroscience behind magic tricks. What I found particularly intriguing was how magicians have, for years, had an intuitive grasp for how human perception works, long before the 'science' came along to back it up. "

" Two experts on visual perception & illusions hang out with magicians to figure out how they fool us. Material is interesting and I learned new things, but the writing is subpar and cliche ridden--odd given that it was done in collaboration with Sandra Blakeslee, a well-known science writer. "

" These people named their kid ' Iago ' ( what does neuroscience have to say about that ) { Interesting but despite their claim in the introduction, I doubt this kind of stuff is going to be what solves the problem of consciousness and cracks the neural code. But every bit helps ! ) "

" A great book examining how easily our minds can be deceived and manipulated. "

" These scientist had a brilliant idea when they decided to further their research of neuroscience specifically visual perception through magicians. A facinating book! "

" Fun book that focuses on how are brains/minds allow us to be easily deceived. Explanations of magic tricks and illusions included. "

" I wish this book contained more science. The magic was interesting, but the science was less than I would have wished. I would have like deeper explanations, but all in all it was very interesting and well written. "

" What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our everyday deceptions "

" Wow, a book that doesnt sleight my mind! It doses me with great insights into the magic of our perverted, patterned perceptions. So good that I have had to buy it! "

" Fascinating and entertaining insight into both the world of magic and of neuroscience. "

" Wow, a book that doesnt sleight my mind! It doses me with great insights into the magic of our perverted, patterned perceptions. So good that I have had to buy it! "

" I wish this book contained more science. The magic was interesting, but the science was less than I would have wished. I would have like deeper explanations, but all in all it was very interesting and well written. "

" Interesting stuff but it didn't go into as much depth about the science as I hoped. Also, reading about magic tricks is not as fun as watching them. It looks like they put a lot of videos on the website but I haven't had a chance to watch them yet. "

" Covers an insanely wide range of things that make your head "work". The blending of who your brain works when it encounters magic makes it all the more enjoyable. "

" This was not as interesting and informative as I had hoped. I did learn a thing or two, but about 3/4 of the way through it became very dull. If the authors were more human and less scientist, they could have made more connections to applications in everyday life. "