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Apollo Robbins: The Art of Misdirection

Apollo Robbins (aka The Gentleman Thief) explains and demonstrates the art of misdirection

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Sleight of hand artist, theatrical pickpocket, and our collaborator in some of our earliest neuromagic studies, Apollo Robbins (aka The Gentleman Thief) explains and demonstrates the art of misdirection in his TedGlobal 2013 lecture.


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For more neuroscience of magic, starring Apollo Robbins, see our previous blog post:

ILLUSION CHASERS NEUROMAGIC POST WITH APOLLO ROBBINS>>

Susana Martinez-Conde is a professor of ophthalmology, neurology, and physiology and pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is author of the Prisma Prize–winning Sleights of Mind, along with Stephen Macknik and Sandra Blakeslee, and of Champions of Illusion, along with Stephen Macknik.

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