The study found that only monkeys with at least partially opposite thumbs were fooled by this trick, suggesting that similar anatomy plays an important role in this illusion.
The researchers said their findings suggest that perception, including the ability to predict other people’s hand movements, is highly dependent on a person’s natural physical abilities.
Study co-author Elias Garcia-Pelegrin, who is a practitioner of magic, said examining how primate species perceive “magic” could help better understand the evolutionary origins of cognitive deficits that make humans vulnerable to magic tricks.
Source: Ferra
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