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Seven Myths of Memory~ HOT OFF THE PRESS. The Captured Thoughts latest publication is now available online

Episodic memories are not accurate objective reflections of what happened, nor a permanent record of the past. We don’t remember the scenes we actually saw, nor do we make a.

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‘Exploring the perceptual inabilities of Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) using magic effects’ ~ a collaborative paper first published in PNAS by Elias Garcia-Pelegrin, Alexandra K. Schnell, Prof. Clive Wilkins, and Prof. Nicola S. Clayton FRS ~ featured in Le Monde, June 2021

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Monkey Magic~ a paper published in Current Biology 2023

Manual action expectation and biomechanical ability in three species of New World monkey Elias Garcia-Pelegrin1,2,4*, Rachael Miller 2,3, Clive Wilkins 2, Nicola S Clayton2    1Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, 117572,.

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Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives. University of Berne, Centre for Cognition, Learning and Memory, Switzerland.

A group photo of attendees at this year’s splendid Weggis summer school. A week of sharing research and ideas concerning cognition, learning and memory. Professor David F. Bjorklund, Florida Atlantic University U.S.A.

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The Royal Society

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN~ Magic Is (Literally) for the Birds~ What conjuring techniques can reveal about animal cognition ~ an article by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik October 13, 2020

The magician climbs into the cage to perform a show for one. For this special event, he eschews coins and cards for peanuts. He rolls his sleeves and faces his.

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The Evolution of Dance. Published this week in Current Biology.

The Evolution of Dance by Kevin Laland, Clive Wilkins and Nicky Clayton. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

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BBC Radio 3

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.

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Using magic tricks as a tool to explore the cognitive abilities of Eurasian Jays

Nicky, Clive and PhD student Elias Garcia were featured on BBC’s Look East on Tuesday 3rd March 2020 to discuss their recent experiments exploring the cognitive ability of the Eurasian Jays.

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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.

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