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Editorial
. 2016 Sep 16:7:1358.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01358. eCollection 2016.

Editorial: The Psychology of Magic and the Magic of Psychology

Gustav Kuhn  1 , Jay A Olson  2 , Amir Raz  2
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Editorial: The Psychology of Magic and the Magic of Psychology

Gustav Kuhn et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: magic; science of magic.

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