Against better knowledge: The magical force of amodal volume completion

In a popular magic routine known as “multiplying billiard balls”, magicians fool their audience by using an empty shell that the audience believes to be a complete ball. Here, we present some observations suggesting that the spectators do not merely entertain the intellectual belief that the balls a...

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Autores principales: Ekroll, Vebjørn, Sayim, Bilge, Wagemans, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pion 2013
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Short and Sweet
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25165509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0622sas
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description In a popular magic routine known as “multiplying billiard balls”, magicians fool their audience by using an empty shell that the audience believes to be a complete ball. Here, we present some observations suggesting that the spectators do not merely entertain the intellectual belief that the balls are all solid, but rather automatically and immediately perceive them as such. Our observations demonstrate the surprising potency and genuinely perceptual origin of amodal volume completion.
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spelling pubmed-41293852014-08-27 Against better knowledge: The magical force of amodal volume completion Ekroll, Vebjørn Sayim, Bilge Wagemans, Johan Iperception Short and Sweet In a popular magic routine known as “multiplying billiard balls”, magicians fool their audience by using an empty shell that the audience believes to be a complete ball. Here, we present some observations suggesting that the spectators do not merely entertain the intellectual belief that the balls are all solid, but rather automatically and immediately perceive them as such. Our observations demonstrate the surprising potency and genuinely perceptual origin of amodal volume completion. Pion 2013-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4129385/ /pubmed/25165509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0622sas Text en Copyright 2013 K Takahashi, K Watanabe http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This open-access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Licence, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original author(s) and source are credited and no alterations are made.
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Against better knowledge: The magical force of amodal volume completion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129385/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0622sas
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