Magic Tricks | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 04 Feb 2015

An fMRI investigation of expectation violation in magic tricks

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Amory H. Danek
Michael Öllinger
Thomas Fraps
Benedikt Grothe
Virginia L. Flanagin

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00084

14,151 views
34 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Dec 2014

It's a kind of magic—what self-reports can reveal about the phenomenology of insight problem solving

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Amory H. Danek
Thomas Fraps
Albrecht von Müller
Benedikt Grothe
Michael Öllinger

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01408

19,718 views
140 citations

Opinion

Published on 23 Jun 2015

Problems with the mapping of magic tricks

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Peter Lamont

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00855

8,809 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Apr 2021

MAGNITIVE: Effectiveness and Feasibility of a Cognitive Training Program Through Magic Tricks for Children With Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. A Second Clinical Trial in Community Settings

in Human Developmental Psychology

Saray Bonete
Ángela Osuna
Clara Molinero
Inmaculada García-Font

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.649527

6,524 views
5 citations

Focused Review

Published on 10 Jun 2016

Manufacturing Magic and Computational Creativity

Howard Williams
Peter W. McOwan

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00855

14,075 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 23 Dec 2014

Expertise among professional magicians: an interview study

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Olli Rissanen
Petteri Pitkänen
Antti Juvonen
Gustav Kuhn
Kai Hakkarainen

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01484

20,327 views
24 citations

Original Research

Published on 31 Aug 2016

Intuitive Feelings of Warmth and Confidence in Insight and Noninsight Problem Solving of Magic Tricks

in Cognitive Science

Mikael R. Hedne
Elisabeth Norman
Janet Metcalfe

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01314

16,426 views
74 citations

Core Concept

Published on 31 Jan 2023

Defying Gravity? On the Magic Tricks of Superfluids

in Astronomy and Physics

Michael Kosterlitz

Frontiers for Young Minds

doi 10.3389/frym.2022.1039653

117,136 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Feb 2018

Sleep Does Not Promote Solving Classical Insight Problems and Magic Tricks

in Cognitive Neuroscience

Monika Schönauer
Svenja Brodt
Dorothee Pöhlchen
Anja Breßmer
Amory H. Danek
Steffen Gais

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00072

13,879 views
37 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2015

Explanations of a magic trick across the life span

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Jay A. Olson
Irina Demacheva
Amir Raz

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00219

15,555 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 17 Nov 2014

Magic in the machine: a computational magician's assistant

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Howard Williams
Peter W. McOwan

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01283

28,380 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 21 Jul 2016

The Phantom Vanish Magic Trick: Investigating the Disappearance of a Non-existent Object in a Dynamic Scene

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Matthew L. Tompkins
Andy T. Woods
Anne M. Aimola Davies

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00950

53,225 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Feb 2015

The role of audience participation and task relevance on change detection during a card trick

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Tim J. Smith

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00013

10,302 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 17 Dec 2014

Blinded by magic: eye-movements reveal the misdirection of attention

in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Anthony S. Barnhart
Stephen D. Goldinger

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01461

24,915 views
26 citations

Articles

An fMRI investigation of expectation violation in magic tricks

It's a kind of magic—what self-reports can reveal about the phenomenology of insight problem solving

Problems with the mapping of magic tricks

MAGNITIVE: Effectiveness and Feasibility of a Cognitive Training Program Through Magic Tricks for Children With Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. A Second Clinical Trial in Community Settings

Manufacturing Magic and Computational Creativity

Expertise among professional magicians: an interview study

Intuitive Feelings of Warmth and Confidence in Insight and Noninsight Problem Solving of Magic Tricks

Defying Gravity? On the Magic Tricks of Superfluids

Sleep Does Not Promote Solving Classical Insight Problems and Magic Tricks

Explanations of a magic trick across the life span

Magic in the machine: a computational magician's assistant

The Phantom Vanish Magic Trick: Investigating the Disappearance of a Non-existent Object in a Dynamic Scene

The role of audience participation and task relevance on change detection during a card trick

Blinded by magic: eye-movements reveal the misdirection of attention