Illusions of Imagery and Magical Experiences.
attribute substitution
magic
mental simulation
metacognition
topology
visual imagery
Journal
i-Perception
ISSN: 2041-6695
Titre abrégé: Iperception
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101574031
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
13
05
2019
accepted:
01
07
2019
entrez:
1
10
2019
pubmed:
1
10
2019
medline:
1
10
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the idea that we may gain new insights in cognitive science by studying the art of magic. Here, I offer a first exploratory overview and preliminary conceptual analysis of a class of magic tricks, which has been largely neglected in this pursuit, namely, a set of tricks that can be loosely defined as topological tricks. The deceptive powers of many of these tricks are difficult to understand in light of known psychological principles, which suggests that closer scientific scrutiny may raise interesting questions and challenges for cognitive science. I discuss a number of known and novel psychological principles that may explain why these tricks evoke the strong feelings of impossibility that are characteristic of magical experiences. A profound and detailed understanding of how topological tricks evoke magical experiences remains elusive, though, and more research on this topic could advance our understanding of perception, imagery and reasoning.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31565210
doi: 10.1177/2041669519865284
pii: 10.1177_2041669519865284
pmc: PMC6755141
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2041669519865284Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2019.
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