Aesthetics is about some special and unusual ways of experiencing the world. Not just
artworks, but also nature and ordinary objects. But then if we apply the remarkably elaborate …

The American psychoanalyst and developmental psychologist Daniel Stern's idea of vitality
forms might suggest a new solution to explain how other minds are intensely expressed in …

Over the centuries, magicians have developed extensive knowledge about the manipulation
of the human mind—knowledge that has been largely ignored by psychology. It has recently …

Social psychologists, placebo scientists, and consumer researchers often require deception
in their studies, yet they receive little training on how to deceive effectively. Ineffective …

Magic tricks have enjoyed an increasing interest by scientists. However, most research in
magic focused on isolated aspects of it and a conceptual understanding of magic …

Human movement containing deception about the true outcome is thought to be perceived
differently compared to the non‐deceptive version. Exaggeration in the movement is thought …

BackgroundConjurors are masters of illusion and deception, and they have developed
astonishing methods for manipulating our experience. Intuitively, the link between magic …

Internal spatial body configurations are crucial to successfully interact with the environment
and to experience our body as a three-dimensional volumetric entity. These representations …

Face recognition has been the focus of multiple studies, but little is still known on how we
represent the structure of one's own face. Most of the studies have focused on the topic of …

Magicians often trick spectators' senses by relying on cognitive limitations. To do so, they
use intuitive but age-old knowledge of human cognition. Research into the relationship …