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Any kind of grid that deceives a person's vision. The two most common types of grid illusions are the Hermann grid illusion (1870) and the scintillating grid illusion (1994). The first is characterized by "ghostlike" grey blobs perceived at the intersections of a white (or light-colored) grid on a black background.
One marvel of the 21st century is that anyone with an internet connection and device newer than the year 2000 can at any point pull up satellite imagery of the entire world. Even more, if the area ...
The Thatcher effect, shown here on a photograph of Margaret Thatcher.The two upside-down images both appear superficially correct as faces. When these images are rotated, however, it becomes clear that the face on the right had its eyes and mouth inverted.
An example of an ambiguous image would be two curving lines intersecting at a point. This junction would be perceived the same way as the "X", where the intersection is seen as the lines crossing rather than turning away from each other. Illusions of good continuation are often used by magicians to trick audiences. [10]
In effect, people attempt to supply a "good story" to explain their reasoning, which often leads to convincing themselves that they actually hold a different belief. [28] In studies wherein participants chose an item to keep, their subsequent reports of satisfaction with the item decreased, suggesting that their attitude changes were temporary ...
Creepypasta – Urban legends or scary stories circulating on the Internet, many times revolving around specific videos, pictures, or video games. [467] The term "creepypasta" is a mutation of the term "copypasta": a short, readily available piece of text that is easily copied and pasted into a text field.
Twisted Fiction (2023), a horror anthology film whose first story (entitled "Mind F*ck") is about a stage hypnotist who gives a woman a hypnosis induced orgasm during one of his shows, enraging her husband. He uses several different hypnosis techniques on both of them throughout the episode, including post hypnotic triggers and shock induction.
Auditory illusions are illusions of real sound or outside stimulus. [1] These false perceptions are the equivalent of an optical illusion : the listener hears either sounds which are not present in the stimulus , or sounds that should not be possible given the circumstance on how they were created.