Cognition
Magic Is (Literally) for the Birds
What conjuring techniques can reveal about animal cognition
Stories by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik
Neuroscience
Not the End of the Chase
The illusion game is still afoot
Behavior
Locking Eyes with a Monster
Staring at somebody’s face for ten minutes may give you nightmares
Behavior
Two Neuroscientists Walk Into a Psychic Fair...
A journey of self-discovery, as told at The Story Collider
Behavior
In Search of the World's Oldest Illusion
Did Human Awareness of Illusions Arise with Self-Awareness?
Behavior
Tell Me about Your Research, This Time with Feeling
Just as art engenders emotion, science communication must identify and develop emotional connections with the public
Behavior
The Delusion of Alternative Facts
How science can guide the search for "actual" truth in our post-truth era
Mind & Brain
VOTE NOW for the Best Illusion of the Year--Until Friday, 7 P.M. Only!
Worldwide voting is now open to choose the Best Illusion of the Year, for 24 hours only, until 7 P.M. EDT, June 12. Go to the Best Illusion of the Year Contest Web site and choose your favorite illusion from the Top 10 finalists!...
Mind & Brain
Countdown to the World's 11th Annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest!
This Thursday and Friday is the launch of this year's Best Illusion of the Year Contest, hosted by the Neural Correlate Society, is now an annual online event, in which anybody with an internet connection (that means YOU!) can vote to pick the Top 3 Winners from the current Top 10 List...
Mind & Brain
Let the Chase Begin
Photo Credit: Gary Armstrong, Barrow Neurological Institute Welcome to Illusion Chasers ! We are Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik, two neuroscientists and laboratory directors at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona...
