Sleight of hand expert Ben Seidman is back with Vanity Fair to review more sleight of hand tricks, pickpocketing and psychological magic in films including 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,' 'Shade ...

An illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason it does humans -- it misdirects expected outcomes of actions they can carry out. However, marmosets ...

Monkeys with hands that resemble ours fall for a sleight-of-hand magic trick, but those without opposable thumbs aren’t fooled. These differences illustrate how primates’ expectations of the actions ...

He’s known for cracking jokes and making people smile with his magic, and this week Jasen Magic is sharing his skills while guest-hosting “Live In The D.” Jasen’s love for magic started when he was a ...

This trick required the scientists to put food in one hand, and present that hand to each individual monkey. Clayton (a professor of Comparative Cognition at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow ...

Elaborate choreographed dances, singing challenges, recipe recreations — TikTok is constantly inspiring users to try something new or show off a hidden talent. But the latest trend might be the most ...

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Psychologists used a sleight-of-hand trick called the French drop, in which an object appears to vanish when a spectator assumes it is taken from one hand by the hidden thumb of the other hand. The ...