
For neuroscience, magic opens a doorway to multiple realities
The transition in magic from possible to impossible can answer some of the key questions in philosophy and neuroscience
by Luis M Martínez & Jordi Camí
Luis M Martínez is a neuroscientist at the Spanish National Research Council at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante. He is the co-author, with Jordi Camí, of The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic (Princeton, 2022). He lives in Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain.