Students in Dr. Morgan’s “Issues and Deception” class are learning magic tricks to help them better understand deception. Liam Orsini ’24 practices making several silver coins disappear one by one. He ...

Long before modern stagecraft, magicians relied on sleight of hand—the art of deception performed with nothing more than skill and timing. This presentation revisits one of the oldest tricks in magic, ...

Magicians, leaders, and manipulators all use the same principle: attention is everything. These three visual tricks are simple to learn but reveal the psychology of persuasion and illusion. You’ll ...