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Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Susana Martinez-Conde, Sandra Blakeslee, Stephen L. Macknik

kjcharles's review

Absolutely fascinating explainer of how our brains, and specifically the way vision works, allow us to be fooled by magic. The key takeaway here is that we pay far less attention than we think and see far less than we think. Goes into a lot of details on tricks, so avoid if you don't want spoilers. I have read a few books on the psychology of magic but tbh the neuroscience is far more enlightening.