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Social misdirection fails to enhance a magic illusion

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2011
Visual, multisensory and cognitive illusions in magic performances provide new windows into the psychological and neural principles of perception, attention and cognition. We investigated a magic effect consisting of a coin vanish (i.e.
Jie eCui, Jorge eOtero-Millan, Jorge eOtero-Millan, Stephen L. Macknik, Mac eKing, Susana eMartinez-Conde   +5 more
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When is an exploration exploratory?  A comparative analysis of geometry lessons [PDF]

, 2018
This paper presents a comparative analysis of two textbook lessons on the same topic from U.S. textbooks to learn how differently - designed “exploratory” lessons may structure content to enable or constrain student inquiry. One lesson, representative of
Dietiker, Leslie, Richman, Andrew
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Disingenuous ‘box‐ticking’: Undergraduate students' attitudes towards university mental health awareness efforts

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health problems are common among UK undergraduate students. In response, many universities have put considerable effort into raising awareness about student mental health problems and avenues of support (e.g., via workshops, posters, email newsletters and social media posts).
Sorcha Finan, Lucy Foulkes
wiley   +1 more source

Stronger misdirection in curved than in straight motion

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2011
Illusions developed by magicians are a rich and largely untapped source of insight into perception and cognition. Here we show that curved motion, as employed by the magician in a classic sleight of hand trick, generates stronger misdirection than ...
Jorge eOtero-Millan, Jorge eOtero-Millan, Stephen L. Macknik, Stephen L. Macknik, Apollo eRobbins, Susana eMartinez-Conde   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

, 2015
Magicians utilize many techniques for misdirecting audience attention away from the secret sleight of a trick. One technique is to ask an audience member to participate in a trick either physically by asking them to choose a card or cognitively by having
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Strategies teachers use to support students' self‐regulation skill development in mainstream primary schools: A scoping review

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This scoping review has explored the interventions and approaches used by teachers in mainstream (general education) primary schools (students aged 4–11) to support self‐regulation skill development in the classroom. The review followed the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA‐ScR) guidelines for reporting and was guided by the Joanna ...
Kim Griffin, Kate Wilmut, Carol Brown, Tanya Rihtman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concomitant Infection of S. mansoni and H. pylori Promotes Promiscuity of Antigen-Experienced Cells and Primes the Liver for a Lower Fibrotic Response

Cell Reports, 2019
Summary: Helicobacter pylori chronically colonizes the stomach and is strongly associated with gastric cancer. Its concomitant occurrence with helminths such as schistosomes has been linked to reduced cancer incidence, presumably due to suppression of H. 
Sonakshi Bhattacharjee, Raquel Mejías-Luque, Eva Loffredo-Verde, Albulena Toska, Michael Flossdorf, Markus Gerhard, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa   +6 more
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‘When joy comes your way, you have to grab it!’ Troubling how queer joy features in the lives of LGBT+ school‐attending youth in South Africa

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, the concept ‘queer joy’ has gained interest in LGBT+ scholarship in the West. I use this scholarship as an entry point to explore how school‐attending LGBT+ youth express joy and how joy serves as a form of resistance against gender and sexuality norms in educational settings.
Dennis Francis
wiley   +1 more source

Blinded By Magic: Eye-Movements Reveal the Misdirection of Attention

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
Recent studies (e.g., Kuhn & Tatler, 2005) have suggested that magic tricks can provide a powerful and compelling domain for the study of attention and perception. In particular, many stage illusions involve attentional misdirection, guiding the observer’
Anthony S. Barnhart, Stephen D. Goldinger   +1 more
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The Illusion of Absence in Magic Tricks

i-Perception, 2020
Recently, a curious illusion of absence has been described, where the space behind an occluder is compellingly experienced as empty. This illusion is similar to illusions based on amodal completion in the sense that it refers to occluded portions of a ...
Mats Svalebjørg, Heidi Øhrn, Vebjørn Ekroll   +2 more
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