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  2. Illusion - Wikipedia

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    The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation. For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be a hallucination, whereas hearing voices in the sound of running water (or ...

  3. Pareidolia - Wikipedia

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    Satellite photograph of a mesa in the Cydonia region of Mars, often called the "Face on Mars" and cited as evidence of extraterrestrial habitation. Pareidolia (/ ˌ p ær ɪ ˈ d oʊ l i ə, ˌ p ɛər-/; [1] also US: / ˌ p ɛər aɪ-/) [2] is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or ...

  4. Illusive - Wikipedia

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    Illusive is the adjective form of illusory. Illusive may also refer to: Illusive Islands, Nunavut, Canada; Illusive Sounds, an independent Australian hip hop record label; Illusive Tracks, a Swedish dark comedy thriller film; Snowflake/Illusive, a 7" vinyl picture disc single by Psychic TV; USS Illusive (AM-448), minesweeper ship; Illusive

  5. List of optical illusions - Wikipedia

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    The Hering illusion (1861): When two straight and parallel lines are presented in front of radial background (like the spokes of a bicycle), the lines appear as if they were bowed outwards. Hollow-Face illusion: The Hollow-Face illusion is an optical illusion in which the perception of a concave mask of a face appears as a normal convex face.

  6. Category:Illusions - Wikipedia

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    The Vanishing Lady (illusion) Vertigo; Visual space This page was last edited on 9 May 2023, at 23:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  7. Geometrical-optical illusions - Wikipedia

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    The widely accepted interpretation of, e.g. the Poggendorff and Hering illusions as manifestation of expansion of acute angles at line intersections, is an example of successful implementation of a "bottom-up," physiological explanation of a geometrical–optical illusion. Ponzo illusion in a purely schematic form and, below, with perspective clues

  8. Maya (religion) - Wikipedia

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    illusion that each individual is independent from the world/ecosystem. Reality is, a living being is a facet of God experiencing other facets (living beings). This Ecosystem includes farmers, bus/train drivers, shopkeepers, software engineers, etc. who are all inter-dependent. illusion that our ever-evolving desires can be satisfied.

  9. Optical illusion - Wikipedia

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    Optical illusion is also used in film by the technique of forced perspective. Op art is a style of art that uses optical illusions to create an impression of movement, or hidden images and patterns. Trompe-l'œil uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that depicted objects exist in three dimensions.