the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
Making an audience look elsewhere while you perform a secret move.
The art of diverting a spectator's attention away from a secret act.
Making your audience look away from a secret move. (Book 1)
A technique used by Republicans to divert attention away from their real agenda.
Diverting the focus of the audience away from a secret move without their knowledge.
directing attention to something in order to draw attention away from something else. For more, see Gadabout Coins Revisited.
The application of psychological principles or strategies in order to control the focus of the spectator. An example of misdirection is that a large movement will misdirect a spectator's attention away from a smaller movement (the concealed sleight).
The art of drawing the spectator's attention away from a secret move. This is one of the most important aspects of the art of conjuring and is best learned from experience.
Used by pickpockets in their craft and by others in diverting attention while they accomplish some task or another.
Misdirection is a form of deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract its attention from another.