Neuroscientists Work Their Magic

Two neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center are turning magic tricks into science. Stephen Macknik, Ph.D., director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology; and Susana Martinez-Conde, Ph.D., director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience; are working with world-famous magicians to discover the brain’s mechanisms underlying attention and awareness.

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Filed under: ADHD on September 1st, 2008