A team of Cambridge psychologists have demonstrated that magic tricks can fool birds, based on a snack-based version of the shell game.

What magic tricks would you like to see turned into reality in this lifetime? In magic, sawing something in half and putting something together [is known as] “torn and restored.” ...

As for the science behind these optimized magic tricks, Graham says that he found the work compelling. “It was a serious attempt to try to understand the whole impact of magic—why it impresses ...

Trilobites Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them A small experiment using sleights of hand and illusions offers insights into how birds and people perceive the world.

Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act.

5 magic science experiments for kids These tricks will make your children think they have superpowers—but it’s really all about the science.

A magician performing the trick tosses a ball in the air twice and then pantomimes a third throw [see video at right]. "It's one of these standard tricks in magic. I knew that it was quite ...

To back his contention, he argued that, in an era dominated by science, audiences no longer attribute magic tricks to supernatural abilities, but rather to the magician's skills. Moreover, onlookers ...

Magic tricks reveal surprising results about autism Date: October 21, 2010 Source: Association for Psychological Science Summary: Magicians rely on misdirection -- drawing attention to one place ...