Tricks {magic} {magic trick} can use sleight-of-hand or misdirection.
types
To fool people {misdirection}, magicians can tell people to look somewhere or can do something to make them look {overt misdirection}, or they can use low attention or minimal change {covert misdirection}. Hands and hand motions can be quick or deceptive {sleight-of-hand}, such as palming coins or eggs.
Changing dresses uses two different-color dresses, two different-color lights, and a mechanical device to pull off top dress. Shaking a spoon makes it appear to bend at neck.
mirror
Magic tricks can use mirrors, such as "saw the lady in half".
afterimage
Removing an object leaves it visible for 100 milliseconds, by neural after-discharge.
illusion
Repeatedly tossing a ball up and catching it, followed by a pretend throw appears to be a ball going up and disappearing {vanishing-ball illusion}. Spinning disks can have expanding and contracting regions. Looking at stationary objects makes them appear to contract and expand.
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