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An example of the scintillating grid illusion. Dark dots seem to appear and disappear at intersections. The scintillating grid illusion is an optical illusion, discovered by E. and B. Lingelbach and M. Schrauf in 1994. [2] It is often considered a variation of the Hermann grid illusion but possesses different properties. [2] [3]
ND stands for nuclear domain, and 10 refers to the number of dots seen. [3] Additionally, a nuclear body subtype is a clastosome suggested to be a site of protein degradation. [4] While biomolecular condensate is a term often used interchangeably with nuclear bodies, the term "condensates" implies the thermodynamic properties of the body are ...
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, [12] also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. [3] It is usually associated with developmental delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic physical features.
A trompe-l'œil body painting by Joanne Gair. The dress: An optical illusion resulting from the brain's attempt to discount coloured tinting from daylight and other sources. [1] The dress was a viral phenomenon, which was either seen as blue and black or as white and gold. Its true colours were eventually confirmed to be blue and black. [2]
Research into dreams includes exploration of the mechanisms of dreaming, the influences on dreaming, and disorders linked to dreaming. Work in oneirology overlaps with neurology and can vary from quantifying dreams to analyzing brain waves during dreaming, to studying the effects of drugs and neurotransmitters on sleeping or dreaming.
Visual snow: dynamic, continuous, tiny dots observed across the entire visual field at any time of the day, regardless of lighting conditions, persisting for more than three months. The dots are usually black/gray on a white background and gray/white on a black background; however, they can also be transparent, white flashing, or colored.
1. The Dream: Random Sex with a Stranger. So your promiscuous side came out to play with a total stranger while you were sound asleep and you’re wondering what this risky business was all about.
Pseudomelanism, also called abundism, is another variant of pigmentation, identifiable by dark spots or enlarged stripes, which cover a large part of the body of the animal, making it appear melanistic. [2] The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character causing pigmented tumors, is called melanosis. [3]