by Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martínez-Conde, Sandra Blakeslee · Círculo De Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467251678
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«Los engaños de la mente» is the essay by Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martínez-Conde and Sandra Blakeslee, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback.
The book uses magicians' tricks as a starting point to explain how the brain works: attention, perception and memory. Each illusion shows how the brain selects information, fills in what it sees and forgets the rest.
Published in 2012. Translation by Carlos Lagarriga of the original title 'Sleights of mind'; text in Spanish, with 395 pages and illustrations.
For those curious about neuroscience and illusionism: the magic examples make concepts about attention, perception and memory accessible.
Sandra Blakeslee is an American science correspondent of over four decades for The New York Times and science writer, specializing in neuroscience. Together with neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran, she authored the 1998 popular science book Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind.
