OK, so it's more like magic and human thought processes, but I thought 'magical brains' sounded like more fun...

Derren Brown fans might be interested in these!
First of all,
here's an interesting, if brief, article from Wired covering many of the aspects of human thinking strategies that magicians (and even NLPers!) put to good use, with lots of video illustrations for each idea.
Then there's
a fun presentation by mind magician Keith Barry delivered a few years back at the TED conference.
And yeah, the editor cheated on the arm-twisting trick with his or her camera choice, I know...
Be Well,
Michael Perez