Magic and the Mind

09/08/2021

This book looks good. I haven't read it yet, but I'm hoping it's right up there with Sleights of Mind.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274884559876

Poster: Tom Interval

Publisher: The MIT Press. Notes: LIKE NEW/UNREAD! Text is Clean and Unmarked! Has a small black line or red dot on bottom/exterior edge of pages. Condition: Used: Excellent. Qty Available: 3.

07/06/2020

Parents and guardians worldwide: Do you have a child in your life who likes magic and card tricks? Then they'll love my live video class on Outschool called Creative Card Tricks Using One Secret Every Young Magician Must Know.

It's a one-hour, one-time class priced at only $19, and it transcends simply learning card tricks. Yes, students will learn an awesome card secret every magician uses to blow the minds of his or her audience, but during this class, I teach the more important skills of performance, social interaction, and verbal and psychological misdirection.

Enroll your child by following the link in this post (recommended for ages 11–18). Looking forward to meeting and teaching your young learner!

https://outschool.com/classes/creative-card-tricks-using-one-secret-every-young-magician-must-know-kax6QsMt

Tom Interval (Interval Magic)

A professional magician teaches one of the greatest secrets of card magic that students can use to tap their creativity and invent their own mind-blowing card tricks.

06/24/2020

It's not too late to enroll your child (ages 8–14) in the Magic and the Mind live video class teaching how to make a playing card disappear and how the brain is fooled by such tricks: Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 12:30–1:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

Cognitive scientist Dr. Iris Oved, founder of The Paradox Lab, teaches the science, and San Diego magician Tom Interval, owner of Interval Magic, teaches the magic.

Cost: Pay what you want! (This allows for the Lab's accessibility and diversity goals.) Follow the link below for details.

https://www.paradoxlab.org/online-classes-1/magic-and-the-mind-make-a-card-vanish-in-your-hand

(Poster: Tom Interval)

05/19/2020

The Paradox Lab's Dr. Iris Oved and San Diego magician Tom Interval (Interval Magic) are teaming up to teach a live one-hour magic-themed class via Zoom this Wednesday (ages 8–10) and Friday (ages 11–14) from 4:00–5:00 p.m. PST. Students will learn not only how to make a playing card disappear but how the brain is fooled by such tricks! Fee: $15. Register:

04/13/2020

https://magicandthemind.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/rip-van-winkle-would-be-proud/

By Tom Interval The Magic and the Mind blog has been quite lonely for the last few years, but, we’re back! It’s not that Iris and I have been in Rip Van Winkle-like sleep mode. Life hap…

04/13/2020

We hope you and your family are doing well! We've been on a long hiatus, but Iris and I are planning a Magic and the Mind virtual reboot, so please stay tuned for more!
–Tom Interval

08/14/2016

An incredible optical illusion! It's so worth watching this one-minute video.

Source: Neural Correlate Society (June 29, 2016)

https://youtu.be/oWfFco7K9v8

Poster: Tom Interval, Interval Magic

Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2016 Title: Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion Author: Kokichi Sugihara Institution: Meiji University, Japan

02/01/2016

The science of magic tricks: From misdirection to 'pausing' time, experts reveal how their illusions mess with our minds

Source: Daily Mail (Jan. 25, 2016)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3412382/The-science-magic-tricks-misdirection-pausing-time-experts-reveal-illusions-mess-minds.html

Poster: Tom Interval, Interval Magic

Neuroscientists Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L Macknik, from State University of New York Downstate Medical Centre, explain techniques used by magicians in How It Works Magazine.

11/12/2015

This article talks about a machine that tracks eye movement as people pay attention to a filmed magic performance.

Source: Braindecoder (Oct. 6, 2015)

https://www.braindecoder.com/the-neuroscience-of-magic-1390960710.html

Poster: Tom Interval, Interval Magic

Magicians take advantage of the mind's abilities and limitations to create illusions.

11/12/2015

Susana Martinez-Conde writes more about the neuroscience of magic.

Source: Scientific American Blog (April 27, 2015)

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/illusion-chasers/the-neuroscience-of-slydini-s-paper-balls-to-hat-magic-trick/

Poster: Tom Interval, Interval Magic

Just as our visual system strains to see the vase and the two faces at once, we struggle to conceive of a motion that has a dual motivation: to put and to fetch.

07/29/2015

Neurologist Steve Novella and James Randi discuss the neuroscience of magic.

Source: James Randi Speaks (March 1, 2009)

https://youtu.be/tpeEnMFmXsM?list=PLFDE8925734E2FC4B

Poster: Tom Interval
Interval Magic

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