• 308 - Magical Thinking - Matt Tompkins

  • Mar 3 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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308 - Magical Thinking - Matt Tompkins

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  • In this episode, the story of Clever Hans, the horse who changed psychology for the better. We also sit down with psychologist and magician Matt Tompkins. Matt is the author of The Spectacle of Illusion, a book about the long history of the manipulation of our own magical thinking and how studying deception can help us better understand perception, memory, belief, and more.

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    Society for Psychical Research

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