title: Conjuring Deceptions: Fooling the Eye or Fooling the Mind?
abstract: Currently, we see the contours of a new research program emerging, where cognitive scientists study what magicians do and why it works. This research program may aid us in formulating interesting questions about central aspects of human experience and in gaining new perspectives on the relation between perception and cognition.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: vebjorn.ekroll@kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Vebjørn
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ekroll
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagemans
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D008192:Deception; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception
keywords: cognitive impenetrability; magic