Tag Archives: The Royal Society

‘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

Posted on June 10, 2021 by clivewilkins
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The Captured Thought~ Professor’s Nicky Clayton and Clive Wilkins ‘Zoom’ across the world at top speed in the absence of travel

Posted on November 15, 2020 by clivewilkins
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Cambridge Centre for the Integration of Science, Technology and Culture

Posted on April 8, 2020 by clivewilkins

The Cambridge Centre for the Integration of Science, Technology and Culture (CCISTC), establishes interdisciplinary research projects across a variety of platforms and organises conferences, seminars and programmes designed to bring people from distinct and disparate disciplines together. In light of … Continue reading →

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It’s a Kind of Magic.

Posted on March 6, 2020 by clivewilkins

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

Posted on March 4, 2020 by clivewilkins

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 using magic tricks. See online at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000g17d/look-east-west-evening-news-03032020  and at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIwJOKscoXI … Continue reading →

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India National Brain Research Centre~ New Delhi~ 16th Foundation Day Lecture with invited speakers Nicola Clayton and Clive Wilkins of The Captured Thought

Posted on December 21, 2019 by clivewilkins
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The Captured Thought’s latest paper~ Reflections on Endel Tulving’s Spoon Test

Posted on October 14, 2019 by clivewilkins

The Enigmatic Spoon~painting by Clive Wilkins

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

Posted on October 30, 2018 by clivewilkins
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States of Mind~ Wellcome Collection Private View. 3rd February 2016

Posted on February 9, 2016 by clivewilkins

From left to right. Sir Prof. Colin Blakemore F.R.S., Prof. John O’Keefe, Nobel Laureate F.R.S., Prof. Barry Smith, Prof. Anil Seth, Clive Wilkins Artist in Residence, Prof. Nicky Clayton F.R.S.,  and Prof. Richard Morris F.R.S. Clive Wilkins and Nicky Clayton … Continue reading →

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The British Library Lecture~ Podcast.

Posted on December 16, 2015 by clivewilkins

Follow the link to the recording of the lecture at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERV7906cO_Q

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