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Cytowic on Synesthesia » Illinois SCIENCE COUNCIL IS HOSTING A TRULY
UNIQUE EVENING THAT BRINGS TOGETHER TWO SCIENTISTS WHO ARE EXPERTS ON
HUMAN VISUAL PERCEPTION (one is also a professional MAGICIAN) together
with MAGICIAN AND ARTIST JEANETTE ANDREWS FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY
EXPERIENCE ON THE SCIENCE OF MAGIC. You will learn from scientists how
the psychology and neuroscience of MAGIC HAS BEEN STUDIED IN
LABORATORY SETTINGS AND WHY MAGIC HAS THE ABILITY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY
TRICK US AND YET DELIGHT US. Join us at this one-time event that is
part talk, part workshop and wholly designed to amaze and astound you!
Photo: David Linsell Seating is limited. This is a BYOB event, so grab
to go to enjoy the show! Doors open at 7:00pm; program at 7:30pm.
Reserve your seats now for this rare SCIENCE AND MAGIC PROGRAM!
JEANETTE ANDREWS MAGICIAN, artist, sensory illusionist. She is hailed
as one of the most innovative illusionists in the world today and
ANDREWS HAS PRESENTED COMMISSIONED AND SITE-specific for The
Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt, the International Museum of Surgical
SCIENCE, and the Museum of Contemporary Art CHICAGO. ANDREWS HAS
STAGED HUNDREDS OF SOLD-out and standing-room-only performances for
Fortune 500 companies, theaters and universities across the United
States, including Infiniti, Kraft, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lyric
Opera & CHICAGO Ideas Week. Her work explores how illusions construct
reality and highlights astonishing aspects of everyday life via
moments of the seemingly impossible. She is a prior artist in
residence for High Concept Labs and The Institute for Art and
Olfaction. Illusion is Ms. ANDREWS’ life’s work and her
performances have been praised by the CHICAGO Tribune, The Cut and
PBS. Anthony “Tony” Barnhart is Assistant Professor and Chair in
the Department of Psychological SCIENCE AT CARTHAGE COLLEGE. He
received his PhD in Cognitive SCIENCE FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IN
2013, where he began his graduate career with the intention of being a
language researcher. To this end, he has published research examining
the processes underlying handwritten word perception, a domain that
has been largely ignored by psychologists. However, Tony is also a
part-time professional MAGICIAN WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF PERFORMING
EXPERIENCE. His research trajectory changed in 2010 with the
publication of the book , in which he was featured as a consultant and
teacher on the SCIENCE OF STAGE MAGIC. The scientific interest that
the book garnered motivated Tony to shift his focus toward the
interface of SCIENCE AND MAGIC. His current research on the topic
explores inattentional blindness and the techniques MAGICIANS USE TO
MANIPULATE ATTENTIONAL DEPLOYMENT IN TIME. He regularly teaches a
college course devoted to the cognitive SCIENCE OF MAGIC. Steven
Franconeri , PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Northwestern, and
Director of the Northwestern Cognitive SCIENCE PROGRAM. His research
is on visual thinking, visual communication, and the psychology of
data visualization. He directs the Visual Thinking Laboratory, where a
team of researchers explore how leveraging the visual system – the
largest single system in your brain – can help people think,
remember, and communicate more efficiently. His undergraduate training
was in computer SCIENCE AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY,
followed by a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Harvard
University, and postdoctoral research at the University of British
Columbia. His work on both Cognitive SCIENCE AND DATA VISUALIZATION
HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, the Department of
Education, and the Department of Defense. He has received a National
SCIENCE FOUNDATION CAREER AWARD, a Psychonomic Society Early Career
award, and a Cattell Sabbatical award for his research on visual
thinking. + Google Calendar + iCal Export Details Date: April 7 Time:
7:30 am - 9:00 pm Cost: $50 – $60 Website:
https://scienceofmagic.eventbrite.com
[https://scienceofmagic.eventbrite.com] Venue Cards Against Humanity
Theater 1551 W. Homer Street Chicago , Illinois 60642 + Google Map
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