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The astonishing maps that reveal how our brain organises everything we see. UC Berkeley team use fMRI to find out where semantically linked concepts are processed in the brainFindings are a quantum leap from previous research mapping concepts to brain regionsTeam create video and interactive website to present their incredible discoveries By Damien Gayle Published: 13:56 GMT, 20 December 2012 | Updated: 17:48 GMT, 20 December 2012.

The astonishing maps that reveal how our brain organises everything we see

Neuroscientists reveal magicians' secrets - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience. NEW YORK — There is a place for magic in science.

Neuroscientists reveal magicians' secrets - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience

Five years ago, on a trip to Las Vegas, neuroscientists Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde realized that a partnership was in order with a profession that has an older and more intuitive understanding of how the human brain works. Magicians, it seems, have an advantage over neuroscientists. "Scientists have only studied cognitive illusions for a few decades. Magicians have studied them for hundreds, if not thousands, of years," Martinez-Conde told the audience during a recent presentation here at the New York Academy of Sciences. [ Video: Your Brain on Magic ]

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