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The Magic of Consciousness
(Symposium organized by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik)
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Publications based on The Magic of Consciousness Symposium
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Teller demonstrated Miser’s Dream at the Magic of Consciousness symposium in Las Vegas.
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Mind tricks, Nature, July 26 2007
Martinez-Conde S, Macknik SL
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Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, November 2008
Macknik SL, Mac King, James Randi, Apollo Robbins, Teller, John Thompson and Martinez-Conde S
Cover story
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Movies from The Magic of Consciousness Symposium
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Apollo Robbins, professional thief, demonstrates how to manipulate attention, whileTeller, of Penn & Teller, supplies a video close-up for the audience at the ASSC 2007 meeting.
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See clips of The Magic of Consciousness symposium now available on the MIND SCIENCE FOUNDATION WEBSITE:
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Selected press coverage
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See the press coverage on the cover of the New York Times, with full article in the Science Section and an audio extract form The New York Times Science Podcast, August 21, 2007
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See the press coverage on the cover of the Boston Globe with full article in the Ideas Section, August 3, 2008
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Listen to Susana Martinez-Conde’s interview on National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday, August 9, 2008
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See the press coverage on the cover of the New York Times, with full article in the Science Section and an audio extract form The New York Times Science Podcast, August 12, 2008
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Nature reviews neuroscience article featured in the home page of Nature
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See the press coverage in Der Spiegel
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Interview with Susana Martinez-Conde in the Nature podcast, Neuropod
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Our research focuses on understanding the neural bases of our visual experience. How can the electrical activity of a neuron, or a neuronal population, convey the color or brightness of an object? How can we determine the signal from the noise in a train of electrical impulses within a neuron? What type of neural code do neurons use to communicate information to each other? How are neural impulses grouped to represent the different features of a visual scene? To address these questions we use a combination of techniques, including fMRI, electrophysiological recordings from single neurons, psychophysical measurements, and computational models of visual function.
