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Sleight of Hand Gets the Academic Treatment

Magicians break code for benefit of science

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Aug 21, 2007 4:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – Magicians got in on the act at this summer’s Magic of Consciousness conference, hobnobbing with—and even tricking—cognitive scientists as they helped dissect their own profession. The New York Times visits Las Vegas, where master illusionists were welcomed for what one scientist calls...   Read full story »

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