Category Archives: Clive Wilkins author and writer

It’s a Kind of Magic.

Harry Houdini famously claimed that no-one can be considered an accomplished magician until they have mastered the cups and balls illusion. With three upturned cups and three balls, the balls are made to perform the logic-defying feat of ‘jumping’ from … Continue reading

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The Captured Thought’s latest paper~ Reflections on Endel Tulving’s Spoon Test

The Enigmatic Spoon~painting by Clive Wilkins

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The Captured Thought featured in The Guardian newspaper~ 9th September 2019

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SOMA’s ‘The Science of Magic’ Conference. Chicago Magic Lounge~ 14-16th July 2019

The conference ran for three days and included  keynote talks from a host of glittering luminaries, including Tom Stone, Daniel Simons,  Elizabeth Loftus, Simon Aronson, Gustav Kuhn, Matthew L. Tomkins, Jeanette Andrews and Danny Rudnick. Dr. Gustav Kuhn, President of … Continue reading

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Scientists meet the Media~ at the Science Museum, London

Nicky Clayton, Chris Frith and Clive Wilkins

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The Captured Thought at the International Convention of Psychological Science, Paris 2019

Dr. Edel Sanders and Dr. Julie Shaw of New York University with Professor’s Nicky Clayton and Clive Wilkins after their joint symposium presentations. Introduction to a keynote lecture by Franz de Waal

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CSaP Centre for Science and Policy. Meeting of the Horn Fellows 14/15 November 2018, at St. John’s College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Including an invited contribution from The Captured Thought.

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The Psychology of Cognitive Illusions~ a lecture and day of discussion with Fachbereich PSYCHOLOGIE Salzburger Gesellschaft Für Psychologie, Salzberg, Austria.

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The Captured Thought~ Seven myths of memory

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The author Clive Wilkins and Prof. Nicky Clayton FRS at the Hay Festival 2018

The Captured Thought at the Hay Festival 2018. Official Photo. (HayFestival2018-5865.jpeg Paul Musso)

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