This book doesn’t just promise to change the way you think about sleight of hand and David Copperfield—it will also change the way you think about the mind.” — Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was A Neuroscientist

Exciting … novel and fascinating observations.” —Dan Ariely, author of Predictability Irrational

I’ve long wished for a book that explained the art of magic from the cognitive neuroscience perspective. Magic is a goldmine of information about the brain, as well as a source of fascination. This is the book we’ve all been waiting for.” —Steven Pinker PhD, author of The Stuff of Thought

Every professional magician will tell you that any great magic trick is 90% based on psychology. This groundbreaking book explores the convergence of magic & neuroscience and educates the reader in seemingly unrelated subjects in a way that is educational and entertaining.” —Lance Burton, Magician

This is a highly original book. Science and magic have much in common. They both take seemingly inexplicable events and provide elegantly simple answers that enthrall the observer. The authors have done an admirable job in exploring this idea and also suggest ways in which the two disciplines can cross fertilize each other.” —VS Ramachandran MD PhD, author of Phantoms in the Brain

Sleights of Mind gives non-magicians a real up-close look at the true secrets of magic. They are revealing the real knowledge jealously guarded by all great performers.” —Mac King, headliner, Harrah’s Las Vegas

In Sleights of Mind, authors Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde persistently remind us that the human mind is a bad data-taking device. And it’s this fact that enables the science of magic to exist at all.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of The Pluto Files

Sleights of Mind is a terrific read. Combining science and magic is not an easy trick, but the authors have done a brilliant job of putting a mirror up to ourselves and our psyches. I loved it.” —Joe Navarro, author of What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-reading People

Sleights of Mind will be loved by anyone wanting to know who they really are, why they make the choices they do, and how to live a better life. Macknik and Martinez-Conde pull rabbits out of hats over and over & their show is one I can’t wait to watch!” —Mahzarin Banaji, Ph.D., Harvard University

A ground-breaking exploration of the uncharted territory where science and magic intersect. Anybody interested in magic is going to be interested in this book.” — Joshua Jay, author of MAGIC: The Complete Course; youngest winner of the World Magic Championship

This book is a wonderful idea, and Macknik and Martinez-Conde are right on the money. The concept is wholly original and will undoubtedly be highly influential in cognitive science and with the public.” —Michael S. Gazzaniga, Ph.D., author of Human