NOTE-TAKING: UNIT 4- LISTENING 2

Magic and the Mind:

art form
Marco Werman: Magic: 1 of the oldest ______________ human mind
+ fooling ____________,  scientists
in________
Britain + __________
Canada are interested.
Journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences: studying magicians’ tricks  gain
__________________________.
deeper understanding of human perception

Gustav Kuhn: psychologist + ______________________

practicing magician

Example of magic: making objects ________________:

magically disappear NOT supernatural powers , BUT utilize
________________________________ perception.
techniques to manipulate your

Magic: ___________ form; magicians ___________ exp. + ___________ a/b how _________
work: very similar to ______________ studied by _____________.
 We need to: find ________ b/w __________ +___________, or tap into ___________ of
magicians + understand ________________________________  lead to
_____________________.
Kuhn: 03 different techniques: ___________, ____________, + ____________.
1. Misdirection: ability to _____________________________  typically
___________________  you don’t see . Visual sciences: when looking around room, feel that
you are aware of eve.th. BUT _____________ is limited. Unless ____________________ object
or event, you don’t ___________.
Magicians understand this + use ________________ to ___________________ what they hide 
so you don’t see it:
2. ____________:
what we ____________ based on _______________ a/b world, NOT reality  ____________ of
world : fairly ____________. Magicians can ________________________  make you perceive
unreal things.
3. What is ____________?
Most ____________ are free  got ____________. BUT magicians have
________________________ that influence _______________ + you're NOT ____________ 
known as ____________.
Study shows ________________________ + ____________ learn from magicians and vice versa.
Magicians’ aim: use ____________, NOT ____________..
Gustav Kuhn: ______________ + ____________ magician. + part of a _______________ from
Durham Uni. + BC Uni. Find tricks of Gustav Kuhn at ____________