2018
DOI: 10.1177/2041669518816711
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Never Repeat the Same Trick Twice—Unless it is Cognitively Impenetrable

Abstract: In their quest for creating magical experiences, magicians rely on a host of psychological factors. Here, we compare tricks based on attentional misdirection with tricks based on amodal completion. Based on the notion that amodal completion is a cognitively impenetrable perceptual phenomenon, we predicted that the tricks based on this perceptual effect should—to a much larger extent than tricks based on attentional misdirection—retain their deceptive power when the tricks are repeated. The results of an experi… Show more

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“…In addition to replicating this previous finding, the present findings indicate that tricks based on the illusion of absence are similarly robust to repetition as tricks based on amodal completion. As previously argued by Ekroll, De Bruyckere, et al (2018), tricks based on perceptual illusions can be expected to be robust to repetition due to the robust and persistent nature of perceptual illusions (Firestone & Scholl, 2016;Leslie, 1988;Pylyshyn, 1999). Thus, the present findings suggest that the mechanisms underlying the illusion of absence are perceptual in nature, just like those underlying amodal completion (Ekroll, Mertens, et al, 2018;Gerbino & Zabai, 2003;Kanizsa, 1985;Michotte et al, 1964;Scherzer & Ekroll, 2015;Shimojo & Nakayama, 1990).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 67%
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“…In addition to replicating this previous finding, the present findings indicate that tricks based on the illusion of absence are similarly robust to repetition as tricks based on amodal completion. As previously argued by Ekroll, De Bruyckere, et al (2018), tricks based on perceptual illusions can be expected to be robust to repetition due to the robust and persistent nature of perceptual illusions (Firestone & Scholl, 2016;Leslie, 1988;Pylyshyn, 1999). Thus, the present findings suggest that the mechanisms underlying the illusion of absence are perceptual in nature, just like those underlying amodal completion (Ekroll, Mertens, et al, 2018;Gerbino & Zabai, 2003;Kanizsa, 1985;Michotte et al, 1964;Scherzer & Ekroll, 2015;Shimojo & Nakayama, 1990).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 67%
“…Reprinted with permission. Bottom row adapted from Ekroll, De Bruyckere, et al. (2018 , p. 3), used under CC BY.…”
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“…Note how difficult it is to imagine that the objects are really hidden behind it. Top row adapted from Ekroll, De Bruyckere, Vanwezemael, and Wagemans (2018), used under CC BY. Bottom row adapted from Ekroll et al (2017).…”
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“…Following Barnhart, one of many assumptions used by magic spectators is symmetry, both in static situations and in sequences of actions (Barnhart, 2017). In addition, amodal perception resists repetition very well, unlike the capture and active deviation of attention, whose effectiveness decays very rapidly in successive passes (Ekroll et al, 2018). In magic, concealments based on amodal perception have the advantage that they invoke automatic assumptions of the visual system that are not suspicious, that do not induce the spectator to "rewind" or think about the method behind the effect, they do not contrast with the intended flow of the game.…”
Section: Perceptionmentioning
confidence: 99%