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  2. Mirage - Wikipedia

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    The image is usually upside-down, enhancing the illusion that the sky image seen in the distance is a specular reflection on a puddle of water or oil acting as a mirror. While the aero-dynamics are highly active, the image of the inferior mirage is stable unlike the fata morgana which can change within seconds.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Glossary of magic (illusion) - Wikipedia

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    Shut Eye – a performer so skilled at the illusion of mind reading that they come to believe they actually do possess psychic powers. Shuffle – to randomize a deck of playing cards. Siva Count – also known as the reversed elmsley count, is a false count done usually after executing an Elmsley count.

  8. Time perception - Wikipedia

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    The most well-known version of this illusion is known as the stopped-clock illusion, wherein a subject's first impression of the second-hand movement of an analog clock, subsequent to one's directed attention (i.e., saccade) to the clock, is the perception of a slower-than-normal second-hand movement rate (the second-hand of the clock may ...

  9. 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 ...

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