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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 241 (1 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrn2473-c2

Real magic: future studies of magic should be grounded in neuroscience

Stephen L. Macknik & Susana Martinez-Conde

We recently proposed, in collaboration with five professional magicians, that neuroscientists and magicians should join forces in the study of human perception and cognition (Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research. Nature Rev.