Stephen Macknik

Stephen Macknik
Stephen Macknik in 2018
Born
Stephen Louis Macknik

August 9, 1968
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Known forIllusions, art and visual perception, attention and awareness, Books: Sleights of Mind
AwardsEmpire Innovator Scholar
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience, science writing
InstitutionsHarvard University, University College London, Barrow Neurological Institute, State University of New York
Doctoral advisorMargaret Livingstone

Stephen Louis Macknik (/ˈmæknɪk/ MAK-nik;[1] born August 9, 1968) is an American neuroscientist and science writer. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Physiology & Pharmacology[2] at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, where he directs the Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience. He directed laboratories previously at the Barrow Neurological Institute and University College London. He is best known for his studies[3] on illusions, consciousness, attentional misdirection in stage magic, and cerebral blood flow.

Macknik is a founding member of the Neural Correlate Society.[4] He serves on the Advisory Board of Scientific American: Mind, and on the Leadership Team of the Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security at Arizona State University.

  1. ^ "Making Neurological Magic Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez Conde". YouTube. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Department of Ophthalmology Faculty – Stephen L. Macknik, PhD". www.downstate.edu.
  3. ^ "Stephen Macknik on Google Scholar". Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "About the Neural Correlate Society (NCS)". 8 September 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2015.