Editorial: The Psychology of Magic and the Magic of Psychology

Frontiers in Psychology

Gustav Kuhn¹ 

关键词: magic;    science of magic;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01358

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Conjurors are masters of illusion and deception, and they have developed astonishing methods for manipulating our experience. Intuitively, the link between magic and psychology seems obvious: magicians use techniques such as misdirection to manipulate our attention, illusions to distort our perception, and forcing to influence our decisions. Some of the early pioneers in Psychology (e.g., Binet, 1894; Triplett, 1900) recognized this close link between magic and psychology and published fascinating scientific papers investigating conjuring techniques. Although some researchers have used magic tricks to study cognition indirectly (e.g., developmental psychologists), few have attempted to bind magic to the science of psychology.

【 授权许可】

CC BY