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Macknik are professors of ophthalmology, neurology, and physiology and pharmacology at suny downstate medical center in brooklyn, n. Sleights of mind is a book about two neuroscientists a husband and wife research team and their attempts to learn and use magic tricks to further the ways that we can understand how the brain works, culminating in their attempt to join the magic circle. Magic the gathering 33 killer tips from a magic master. I just finished it recently, and as a hobbyist magician and someone equally interested in psychology and neuroscience, it was an incredibly engaging read.