Stephen Macknik
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We showed lots of great new illusions that will blow your mind, and we taught a little bit about how they work too! Enjoy the show!
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If you are interested in illusions you may enjoy the free virtual field trip that Susana Martinez-Conde and I taught for NOVA Education today, available for viewing on YouTube.
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You can view both parts for free on YouTube (PBS channel) or with the PBS app on your device.
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It turns out memories have a very shaky foundation.
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Both parts of our two-part miniseries, starting Heather Berlin, on NOVA l PBS are now out. Don’t miss it! The new sizzle reel for part 2 just came out, featuring Susana Martinez-Conde and me. Part 2 in particular features in Susana’s insights, and I hope you like it!
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And if you haven’t already seen it, watch part 1 (which came out this week) Perception Deception:
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Don’t miss part two of Susana’s and my NOVA l PBS miniseries on perception and the brain, starring Heather Berlin, next Wednesday at 9pm (on your local pbs channel, the pbs app, YouTube PBS channel, or at the https://t.co/ymhZ3nFglM website).
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Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
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https://t.co/GdqSS8s97Y. Join us and learn how your brain serves up the world around you in a grand illusion!
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Neuroscientists discover the tricks and shortcuts the brain takes to help us survive.
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Here is the sizzle reel (featuring me and Susana Martinez-Conde for our new NOVA l PBS episode starring Heather Berlin. The first of two episodes airs tomorrow night Wednesday May 17 2023 at 9/8c! You can stream it on your local PBS station or livestream it here:
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Thrilled to share that I have a new book coming out early next year!
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Susana Martinez-Conde and I just published a new free article with Scientific American Mind Matters, on the science behind haunted houses! Hope you enjoy it! https://t.co/MeyrGKXe9M
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Social scientists, using haunted houses to understand our experiences of fear, have learned that friends make things very scary
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Thank you also to our other contributors Michael Bruno, Elizabeth Krupinski (@EAKrup), and Leonard Berlin. Finally, much gratitude to Todd Horowitz (@ToddHorowitz3) at National Cancer Institute for funding our research!
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I’m so proud to work with both our lead contributors, Drs Robert Alexander (@SeeingProgress) and Stephen Waite. It is such a pleasure to have evidence that’s our contributions are impacting our new field of research!
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I am so thrilled to share that we just won the 2022 Scientific Paper of the year Award for the field of radiology (out of ~50,000 papers): https://t.co/LO0pgE7dfu. The award comes from the premier independent international new site for the field of Radiology.
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Although it is almost certain that increased workloads, faster speeds, and prolonged shifts will at some point decrease interpretive accuracy, there is currently insufficient evidence to determine ...
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I am so thrilled to share with you that our paper in the journal Radiology ( https://t.co/LO0pgE7L52) has won the 2022 Scientific Paper of the Year award from https://t.co/JrZ11de0sW (the world’s premier radiology community website).
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Although it is almost certain that increased workloads, faster speeds, and prolonged shifts will at some point decrease interpretive accuracy, there is currently insufficient evidence to determine ...
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For those of you interested in how misinformation affects how we think, don’t miss our new research review of magic research and how it informs our understanding of the neuroscience of misinformation. Free to download for all.
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When we believe misinformation, we have succumbed to an illusion: our perception or interpretation of the world does not match reality. We often trust misinformation for reasons that are unrelated to...
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This is a strange 'sticky' bistability. Hard to flip to the other percept. Hard to flip back to original percept. A new one for me
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Friends, this is kinda wonderful! Watch and share please. Pranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb Payback https://t.co/9WAMwJ9rdw via @YouTube
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You may enjoy my latest free article with Susana Martinez-Conde in Scientific American: MIND, on the fantastic new viral illusion by Lesha Porsche. https://t.co/xtJw33WWGa
scientificamerican.com
A gaming cartographer discovers an uncharted perceptual realm
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