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NOVA scienceNOW | Magic and the Brain | PBS

Duration: 11:02
Program: NOVA scienceNOW #503
Broadcast Date: Feb. 2, 2011

Neuroscientists join Penn and Teller to explore why humans are so easily fooled by magic.

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