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My work has been featured by various international media outlets across TV, radio, print, and online publications.
Featured
My work has been featured by various international media outlets across TV, radio, print, and online publications.
I participated in a discussion with science journalist David McRaney on his You Are Not So Smart podcast. We chated generally about past and present science of magic research, and I think we had a particularly good discussion on the history of debunking.
David Robson published an article on the Science of Magic in The New Scientist- The inspiration for the piece came from Gustav Kuhn & Geoff Cole’s recent publication on the future of SoM. The piece provides an excellently accessible overview on the current state of the field, as it, in David’s words, transitions “out of its infancy and into adolescence”- variously featuring Gustav, Geoff, Cyril Thomas, Alice Pailhès, Richard Wiseman, and myself.
I delivered an invited lecture about the psychology of illusion for Hjärndagen (Brain Day) 2023 in Stockholm. The event was organized by Forskning & Framsteg and Modern Psykologi. The lecture was recorded for Swedish television.
I appeared on Humorkunskap to chat with host Cecilia Nebel and magician David Persson about magic, communication, and comedy.
I spoke on a panel with Patricia Kingori, Efram Sera-Shriar and Christine Ferguson. We discussed Rose Mackenberg, a private investigator who worked with Harry Houdini to expose fraudulent spiritualists in the 1920s.
In December 2022, I traveled to Stockholm to represent Lund University in the national finals of Forskar Grand Prix, and I was awarded first place in the contest.
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I recently participated in a panel discussion, led by Claudia Hammond, on the topic of ‘How magic tricks reveal how we think.’
The FT Weekend Magazine has published an edited extract from my upcoming book, The Spectacle of Illusion, featuring some of my discussion of magic, psychical research, and psychology.
I spoke with Adrian Tennant on his Magic Book Podcast about my science of magic work and writings
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The Spectacle of Illusion was reviewed in The Mail on Sunday. Reviewer Dr. Matthew Sweet awarded it 4/5 stars and also met his mirror monster.
I was interviewed by Gabriel H. Sanchez about my research and about what I hope to communicate with readers of The Spectacle of Illusion.
The Spectacle of Illusion was featured in an article by Anne Kniggendorf
My fraudulently psychic alter-ego ‘Max Thompson’ is featured in this article covering contemporary research related to the ‘science of magic.’
You can hear me, in character as fake psychic ‘Max Thompson’, channeling the spirit of a dead cat on this Why Factor episode exploring the science of deception.
I was interviewed by Christopher Ingram about my work combining magic and experimental psychology to study human cognition.
My lab’s publication on how magic tricks can be used to investigate people’s illusory experiences was featured on the front page of Oxford University’s website.
I was interviewed on BBC One Oxford by Geradine Peers about my work using magic tricks to investigate illusory perceptions.
This article covers some of my work using magic tricks study the perception of ‘phantom objects.’
I was interviewed live by David Robson about my work using magic trick methods to create novel cognitive psychology experiments.