Learning a magic trick at a psychology lecture...

[Cyril]

We learned a magic trick... It was pretty intense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAntzB7EwE








I'm sad my attention span is so small.

 

[henrossy]

That is a classic. I remember when I first saw it.

Here is another great one. I'm sure it has been seen by many on here and apologies if it is a repost, but a classic none the less.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

 

[mehar]

That is a classic. I remember when I first saw it.

Here is another great one. I'm sure it has been seen by many on here and apologies if it is a repost, but a classic none the less.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

That was awesome! Thanks for the post man! I saw the bear 2 seconds before he was leaving!

 

[RikAllen]

The process explained (briefly) and a different experiment. Here!

 

[Cyril]

Believe it or not, we also saw the bear one as well.
The lecture was "Attention". Basically, attention can only really be actively focussed on one thing at a time, even though we are still processing other stimuli.
Really made me think that basic misdirection isn't actually that difficult considering the moon-walking bear.