A Humboldt's squirrel monkey is fooled by the "French Drop" magic trick. Credit: E. Garcia-Pelegrin et al., 2023 The key to a successful sleight-of-hand magic trick is how well a magician manipulates ...

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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 ...

A team of researchers performed magic tricks for several species of monkey, and they found that the animals’ gullibility may depend on the structure of their hands. Specifically, the team found that ...

Check out our list of 11 easiest magic tricks to do at home below if you are a magic trick junkie and if you’re wondering how to do magic tricks for kids, or how to do magic tricks for beginners.

These magic tricks look impossible, but they’re surprisingly easy to learn. Each one relies on simple techniques and smart timing. The secrets are revealed step by step. What looks like real magic ...

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 ...

Materials: For the trick number three on our list of easiest magic tricks to do at home you’ll need 2 napkins. Preparation: Crumple one napkin into a ball, then hold the second napkin over it in your ...