This trick required the scientists to put food in one hand, and present that hand to each individual monkey. Clayton (a professor of Comparative Cognition at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow ...

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 ...

In this short video, we take a quick look at some creative magic tricks that are sure to surprise and entertain. From clever sleight of hand to mind-blowing visual illusions, these tricks show how ...

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 ...

In this video I am going to teach you 10 amazing magic tricks that you can do with your hands. I'll teach you how to remove your pinkie finger and restore it, pull your thumb in half, push one hand ...

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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 ...