Neuroscience and Magic: The Science of Stealing a Watch
, a.k.a the “Gentleman Thief,” explains his technique of managing attentional spotlight during the conference on the Island of Thought, San Sim n, near Vigo, Spain, while demonstrating on neuroscientist of Skidmore College. Attentional spotlight is the focus of consciousness at any given moment, and it can be directed–or, as in magic, misdirected–if you understand some of its principles. As conference co-organizer , with , of the Barrow Neurological Institute, put it: “Magicians use the spotlight of attention to perform a kind of mental jujitsu.” For more on the interface of magic and neuroscience, read my post, “ .”
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