5. Montreal: The McCord Museum magic acquisition - A very big deal!
4. Thirty seconds with Alex Seaman - Such an accomplished young man.
3. Thirty seconds with Ben Train - A very good sport.
2. Thirty seconds with Lisa Close - I could chat with Lisa all day.
1. Who's where February 2015 - Don't forget to add yourself to next month's list!
| City | Club | Event(s) |
| Calgary, AB | Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring) | - TBA |
| Edmonton, AB | Edmonton Magic Club | - TBA |
| Winnipeg, MB | The Magic Club of Winnipeg | - TBA |
| Fraser Valley, BC | IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring) | - Third Monday Magic |
| Vancouver, BC | Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle) | - Jay Scott Berry lecture |
| Vancouver, BC | SAM 95 (Carl Hemeon Assembly) | - Chris Westfall lecture |
| Victoria, BC | Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle) | - TBA |
| Montreal, QC | Ring 62 (20th Century Ring) | - Stage work |
| Hamilton, ON | Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club) | - Members' Favourite |
| London, ON | Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild) | - TBA |
| Kitchener, ON | Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle) | - a possible exchange night with Hamilton & London Clubs |
| Ottawa, ON | Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians) | - Stand-up Magic |
| Ottawa, ON | Ottawa / Gatineau magicians | - n/a |
| Toronto, ON | Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club) | - Browser's Den visit |
| Halifax, NS | Ring 316 (Conjourer's Court) | - TBA - Visit their Facebook page. |
| St. John, NB | Magic Circle of St. John | - TBA |
Magicians have astonished audiences for centuries by subtly, yet powerfully, influencing their decisions. But there has been little systematic study of the psychological factors that make magic tricks work.
Now, a team of researchers from McGill University and UBC has combined the art of conjuring and the science of psychology to demonstrate how certain contextual factors can sway the decisions people make, even though they may feel that they are choosing freely – a finding with potential implications even for daily decision-making.
“We began with a principle of magic that we didn’t fully understand: how magicians influence audiences to choose a particular card without their awareness,” explains Jay Olson, lead author of a new study published in Consciousness and Cognition. “We found that people tend to choose options that are more salient or attention-grabbing, but they don’t know why they chose them,” says Olson, a graduate student in psychiatry in McGill University’s Raz Lab, which investigates psychological phenomena such as attention and consciousness.
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