other uses An illusion is a distortion of the sense s, revealing how the Human brain brain normally organizes ..., optical illusion s, are the most well known and understood. The emphasis on visual illusions ... of the body within one s physical environment. 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 ... auditory source would be an illusion. Mimes are known for a repertoire of illusions that are created by physical means. The mime artist creates an illusion of acting upon or being acted upon by an unseen .... Optical illusions Image Grey square optical illusion.PNG 250px thumb right An optical illusion. Square A is exactly the same shade of grey as Square B. See Same color illusion main Optical illusion An optical illusion is always characterized by visual perception visually perceived images that, at least ... of an illusion. Auditory illusions main Auditory illusion An auditory illusion is an illusion of hearing sense hearing , the sound equivalent of an optical illusion the listener hears either sounds ... for better or for worse . One example of an auditory illusion is a Shepard tone . Tactile illusions main Tactile illusion Examples of tactile illusions include phantom limb , the thermal grill illusion , the cutaneous rabbit illusion and a curious illusion that occurs when the crossed index and middle ... Philosophy and Illusion Just like many other words often used in a different sense in spirituality the word illusion is used to denote different aspects in Hindu Philosophy Maya illusion Maya . Many Monist philosophies clearly demarcate illusion from truth and falsehood. As per Hindu advaita philosophy, Illusion is something which is not true and not false. Whereas in general usage it is common to assume that illusion is false, Hindu philosophy makes a distinction between Maya illusion and falsehood .... As per this philosophy, illusion is not the opposite of truth or reality. Based on these assumptions ... more details
About the Tony Kushner play the Animorphs book The Illusion Animorphs for the band The Illusion band The Illusion is a play by Tony Kushner , adapted from Pierre Corneille s seventeenth century comedy, L Illusion Comique . It follows a contrite father, Pridamant, seeking news of his prodigal son from the sorcerer Alcandre. The magician conjures three episodes from the young man s life. Inexplicably, each scene finds the boy in a slightly different world where names change and allegiances shift. Pridamant watches, but only as the strange tale reaches its conclusion does he learn the ultimate truth about his son. The Illusion has a lighter mood than Kushner s most famous play, Angels in America , but the two plays share a love of poetic dialogue and theatricality. External links http www.barebones.org index.cfm?template theillusion.cfm Description and reviews of 2002 performance by BareBones Theatre Group DEFAULTSORT Illusion, The Category American plays ... more details
Grand Illusion may refer to In cinema Grand Illusion film Grand Illusion film French La Grande Illusion , a 1937 French film by Jean Renoir Grand Illusion Cinema , the oldest continually running independent movie theater in Seattle, Washington, USA In music Grand Illusion album Grand Illusion album , a 2005 album by Nocturnal Rites The Grand Illusion album The Grand Illusion album , a 1977 album by Styx The Grand Illusion , a song from the Styx album The Grand Illusion Grand Illusion , a song from the Eric Clapton album August album August , also performed by Donny Osmond album Donny Osmond disambig de Die gro e Illusion es La gran ilusi n fa fr La Grande Illusion ... more details
Master of Illusion is a term used to describe a skilled magic illusion magician . Master of Illusion may also refer to Master of Illusion album Master of Illusion album , a music album by power metal band Power Quest . Master of Illusion video game Master of Illusion video game , a magician simulation video game for the Nintendo DS . disambig ... more details
Wiktionary illusion An illusion is an error in perception such as an optical illusion or auditory illusion . Illusion or Illusions may also refer to Illusion comics , a fictional character in the Marvel Universe Illusion company , a Japanese eroge company Illusion film Illusion film , a 2004 film starring Kirk Douglas Illusion 1967 film Illusion 1967 film , a 1967 Croatian film Illusion keelboat , a single handed one design yacht Illusions novel Illusions The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah , a novel by Richard Bach Illusions video game Illusions video game , a ColecoVision game Illusions perdues , a novel by Honor de Balzac Magic illusion , the art of conjuring Maya illusion , a concept in Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh philosophy Pinball Illusions , a computer game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE Music Bands Illusion band , from Poland Illusions band , from New Zealand Illusion UK band , from England The Illusion band , from America Albums Illusion Renaissance album Illusion Renaissance album , released 1971 Illusions Arthur Blythe album Illusions Arthur Blythe album , released 1980 Illusions Sadus album Illusions Sadus album , released 1988 Illusions Crematory album Illusions Crematory album , released 1995 Illusion Shahin Najafi album Illusion Shahin Najafi album , released 2009 Songs Illusion , from the album Pumphonia by Benassi Bros. Illusion , from the album Aphrodite album Aphrodite by Kylie Minogue Illusion , from the album Judgement VNV Nation album Judgement by VNV Nation See also Grand Illusion disambiguation disambig da Illusion fr Illusion homonymie it Illusione disambigua ja pl Iluzja ... more details
Miss Illusion refers to Miss Illusion , a song by Bang Camaro from Bang Camaro II Miss Illusion , a song by Murray Head from Nigel Lived Dab ... more details
Image Jastrow illusion.svg thumb right 250px Jastrow illusion Image Jastrow illusion revealed.svg thumb right 250px The two figures are identical. The Jastrow illusion is an optical illusion discovered by the American psychologist Joseph Jastrow in 1889. In this illustration, the two figures are identical, although the lower one appears to be larger. The short edge of the upper figure is compared to the long side of the lower one. ref http library.thinkquest.org 05aug 01744 jastrow.htm ref Commons Optical illusion References reflist DEFAULTSORT Jastrow Illusion Category Optical illusions psychology stub bg es Ilusi n de Jastrow fr Illusion de Jastrow it Illusione di Jastrow th ... more details
Image Zollner illusion.svg thumb right 225px Z llner illusion The Z llner illusion is a classic optical illusion named after its discoverer, German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Z llner . In 1860, Z llner sent his discovery in a letter to physicist and scholar Johann Christian Poggendorff , editor of Annalen der Physik Annalen der Physik und Chemie , who subsequently discovered the related Poggendorff illusion , in the original drawing http gallica.bnf.fr ark 12148 bpt6k151955 f687.table Table VIII Figure 4 of Z llner. ref cite journal title Ueber eine neue Art von Pseudoskopie und ihre Beziehungen zu den von Plateau und Oppel beschrieben Bewegungsphaenomenen author Z llner F journal Annalen der Physik volume 186 issue none pages 500 25 year 1860 url http gallica.bnf.fr ark 12148 bpt6k151955 f512.table doi 10.1002 andp.18601860712 ref In this figure the black lines seem to be unparallel, but in reality they are parallel. The shorter lines are on an angle to the longer lines. This angle helps to create the impression that one end of the longer lines is nearer to us than the other end. This is very similar to the way the Wundt illusion appears. It may be that the Z llner illusion is caused by this impression of depth. It is interesting to see what happens when the colours in this illusion are changed. If the illusion is printed in green on a red background and the red and green are equally bright, the illusion disappears. This illusion is similar to the Hering illusion , the Poggendorff illusion and the M ller Lyer illusion . All these illusions demonstrate how lines can seem to be distorted by their background. External links http www.ritsumei.ac.jp akitaoka zollnere.html Z llner illusion at Akiyoshi Kitayoka s illusion pages Commons Optical illusion References Reflist Category Optical illusions Zollner illusion es Ilusi n de Z llner fr Illusion de Zollner hu Z llner ill zi nl Z llner illusie ja pt Ilus o de Z llner ru sv Z llners illusion ... more details
Refimprove date April 2009 The Ehrenstein illusion is an optical illusion studied by the German psychologist Walter Ehrenstein in which the sides of a square placed inside a pattern of concentric circles take an apparent curved shape 1 . center gallery Image Ehrenstein.svg Ehrenstein illusion 1 Image Ehrenstein2.gif Illusion 2 Image Ehrenstein figure.svg Illusion 3 adding a circle bottom destroys the illusion of a bright central disk. gallery center Sometimes the name Ehrenstein is associated with one of the illusory contour figures 2 . The ends of the dark segments produce the illusion of circles. The apparent figures have the same color as the background, but appear brighter. A similar effect is obtained in the Kanizsa triangle . psychology stub Commons Optical illusion Category Optical illusions bg es Ilusi n de Ehrenstein ja ... more details
Image Orbison illusion.svg thumb right 225px Orbison illusion The Orbison illusion is an optical illusion that was first described by the psychologist Roy Orbison in 1939. The bounding rectangle and inner square both appear distorted in the presence of the radiating lines. The background gives us the impression there is some sort of perspective. As a result, our brain sees the shape distorted. This is a variant of the Hering illusion Hering and Wundt illusion s. External links http www.cut the knot.org Curriculum Geometry OrbisonIllusion.shtml Orbison Illusion psych stub Commons Optical illusion Category Optical illusions bg fr Illusion de Orbison nl Orbison illusie ja ru ... more details
The illusion of transparency is a tendency for people to overestimate the degree to which their personal mental state is known by others. Another manifestation of the illusion of transparency aka the observer s illusion of transparency is a tendency for people to overestimate how well they understand others personal mental states. This cognitive bias is similar to the illusion of asymmetric insight , but the illusion of transparency is more prominent for people who have a personal relationship . See also List of cognitive biases References http psywww.human.metro u.ac.jp Personal miamia Take Numa05spsp.pdf The three illusions on interpersonal perception Effects of relationship intimacy on two types of illusion of transparency and the illusion of asymmetric insight PDF T Gilovich, K Savitsky, VH Medvec, 1998. The illusion of transparency Biased assessments of others ability to read one s emotional states. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http psych.cornell.edu sec pubPeople tdg1 Gilo.Sav.Medvec.pdf Category Cognitive biases psych stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Wundt illusion.svg thumb right 160px Wundt illusion The Wundt illusion is an optical illusion that was first described by the German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt in the 19th century. The two red vertical lines are both straight, but they may look as if they are bowed inwards to some observers. The distortion is induced by the crooked lines on the background, as in Orbison illusion . Hering illusion produces a similar, but inverted effect. Another variant of the Wundt illusion is the Horizontal Vertical Illusion , introduced by Wundt on 1858. The two intersecting lines are equal in length although the vertical line appears to be much longer. The horizontal line needs to be extended up to 30 to match the perceptual length of the vertical line. This is not confined to simple line drawings, as this can also be seen in buildings, parking meters, as well as other things viewed in a natural setting. Commons Optical illusion DEFAULTSORT Wundt Illusion Category Optical illusions Psych stub bg fr Illusion de Wundt nl Wundt illusie ja ru sv Wundts illusion th ... more details
File WasserfarbeneffektInnen.png thumb Watercolor illusion, brighter line on the inside File WasserfarbeneffektAussen.png thumb Watercolor illusion, brighter line on the outside The watercolor illusion is an optical illusion in which a bright color appears to spread out from one side of a convoluted contour as a pale tint across a wide area of an image. ref cite doi 10.1163 187847510X532685 ref References reflist See also Neon color spreading color stub psych stub Category Optical illusions de Wasserfarbeneffekt nl Waterverf illusie ... more details
Refimprove date April 2009 Image Hering illusion.svg thumb right 160px Hering illusion The Hering illusion is an optical illusion discovered by the German physiologist Ewald Hering in 1861. The two vertical lines are both straight, but they look as if they were bowing outwards. The distortion is produced by the lined pattern on the background, that simulates a perspective design, and creates a false impression of depth. The Orbison illusion is one of its variants, while the Wundt illusion produces a similar, but inverted effect. The Hering illusion looks like bike spokes around a central point, with vertical lines on either side of this central, so called vanishing point. The illusion tricks us into thinking we are moving forward. Since we aren t actually moving and the figure is static, we misperceive the straight lines as curved ones. However, when one squints, the red lines are correctly perceived as straight. Category Optical illusions psych stub bg es Ilusi n de Hering fr Illusion de Hering nl Hering illusie ja ru sv Herings illusion ... more details
About the Polish band the English band Illusion UK band the American band The Illusion band Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Illusion Commented out because image was deleted Img Illusion band.jpg Img capt Img size 250 Landscape Background group or band Alias Origin Gda sk Genre grunge , hard rock Years active 1992 1999 Label Associated acts URL Current members Past members Notable instruments Illusion is a Poland Polish band founded in 1992 in Gda sk , Poland and defunct since 1999. The band s music is influenced by Nirvana band Nirvana and other Seattle grunge bands, and also by Pantera and Biohazard band Biohazard . Discography Illusion 1993 also known as Illusion 1 Illusion 2 1994 Illusion 3 1995 Illusion 4 Bolilol Tour 1996 live album Illusion 6 1998 Band members During the eight years of the band s existence, the line up was unchanged. Tomasz Lipa Lipnicki vocals, guitar Jerzy Jerry Rutkowski guitar Jaros aw Petardo migiel bass guitar Pawe Tulipan Herbasch drums References pl icon cite web last first authorlink coauthors year url http braczynski.republika.pl illusion illusion.htm title In My Tree work pages publisher accessdate 2006 05 04 DEFAULTSORT Illusion Category Polish rock music groups Poland band stub pl Illusion grupa muzyczna ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Illusion Type Studio album Artist The Illusion Cover Released 1969 Recorded Genre Rock music Rock Length Label Steed Records Producer Jeff Barry Reviews Last album n a This album The Illusion br 1969 Next album If It s So br 1969 The Illusion is a 1969 album by The Illusion and was released on the Steed Records label and reached 69 in Billboard album charts and stayed in the charts for 27 weeks. Track listing Did You See Her Eyes Talkin Sweet Talkin Soul Just Imagine Medley Run, Run, Run Willy Gee Miss Holy Lady I Love You, Yes I Do Alone Charlena Medley Why, Tell Me Why The Real Thing You Made Me What I Am Personnel John Vinci vocals Richie Cerniglia guitar Mike Maniscalco keyboards Chuck Adler bass Mike Ricciardella drums Source The Illusion The Illusion album cover DEFAULTSORT Illusion Category 1969 albums ... more details
orphan date July 2008 unreferenced date July 2008 An illusion costume is a costume that fools the eyes by making it seem that the person in the costume is riding an animal, being held by another person which is actually part of the costume , or many other things. The most common is the rider, in which the rider person gives the illusion of riding an animal the person s legs go through the hollowed out animal legs, along with fake legs dangling off the wearer s body to finish off the illusion. Category Costume design ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Illusion Of Motion Type studio Artist Yob band Yob Cover Released October 19, 2004 Recorded April 2004 Genre Doom metal br Stoner rock Length 56 30 Label Metal Blade Producer Reviews Last album Catharsis Yob album Catharsis br 2003 This album The Illusion of Motion br 2004 Next album The Unreal Never Lived br 2005 The Illusion of Motion is the third full length album by the band Yob band Yob . Track listing Ball of Molten Lead &ndash 11 07 Exorcism of the Host &ndash 12 56 Doom 2 &ndash 6 09 The Illusion of Motion &ndash 26 10 Yob DEFAULTSORT Illusion of Motion, The Category Yob albums Category 2004 albums ... more details
Infobox Company company name Illusion company logo Image Illusion logo.gif company type Private foundation April 21, 2001 location Japan location flagicon Japan Yokohama, Japan Yokohama, Tokyo, Japan key people Yoshimura Tei industry Computer and video game industry Interactive entertainment products Adult video game Adult Video Games homepage http www.illusion.jp http www.illusion.co.jp nihongo Illusion Iry jon is a company from Yokohama, Japan famous for developing 3D eroge such as the Biko series Biko series , Battle Raper , Des Blood series Des Blood series , Artificial Girl and Sexy Beach . Due to Illusion s policy, its games are not intended to be sold or used outside of Japan, and official support is only given in Japanese and for use in Japan. ref http www.illusion.jp contact japanese only.html Dear customers in foreign countries , Illusion. Retrieved on 2009 02 15. ref RapeLay 2006 was made available in Britain through third party sellers on Amazon.com . Due to the controversial game content, Amazon withdrew the item from sale following complaints from users. ref cite journal journal Telegraph title Rapelay virtual rape game banned by Amazon date 13 Feb 2009 author Moore, Matthew url http www.telegraph.co.uk technology 4611161 Rapelay virtual rape game banned by Amazon.html ref Illusion s Games Some of the Illusion s games A ga Artificial Girl Artificial Girl 2 Jink Sh jo 2, 26 November 2004 Artificial Girl 3 Artificial Girl 3 Plus Battle Raper Battle Raper 2 ... References reflist External links http www.illusion.jp Illusion Official Website Japanese http www.illusion.co.jp Illusion Official Download Website Japanese ja ILLUSIONIllusion Japanese Wiki Page Japanese ... of Japan Category Amusement companies of Japan japan videogame company stub de Illusion Spieleentwickler it Illusion Soft ja ILLUSION pl Illusion Soft pt Illusion ru Illusion vi Illusion Soft zh ILLUSION ... more details
About the American band the Polish band Illusion band the English band Illusion UK band The Illusion were an United States American psychedelic rock band music band from Long Island, New York Long Island , New York . They released three full length album s in the United States U.S. , the first of which was also issued in the United Kingdom . The group had one minor hit single hit in the U.S. in 1969 with Did You See Her Eyes , which peaked at 32. ref Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits . 7th edn, 2000. ref Their first album reached 69 and stayed 27 weeks in the Billboard magazine Billboard album charts. Since then their vinyl material has become highly sought after by collectors of 1960s psychedelia . Until comparatively recent times, none of their albums were available on CD. As of 2008, their first and second albums, The Illusion and Together As a Way of Life are available in CD format, with the band stating we re working on If It s So . ref http distortedrock.tripod.com Official Website commentary ref Album discography The Illusion album The Illusion Steed Records , 1969 U.S. 69 ref Allmusic class artist id p18412 pure url yes Billboard , Allmusic.com ref Together As a Way of Life Steed, 1969 If It s So Steed, 1970 The Lost Live Tapes ChuckAlder.com, 2010 Members John Vinci singer vocals Richie Cerniglia guitar Mike Maniscalco keyboard instrument keyboards Chuck Adler Scott Morgan bass guitar bass Mike Ricciardella drum s References references External links http distortedrock.tripod.com Official Website The Illusion http chuckalder.com http profile.myspace.com index.cfm?fuseaction user.viewprofile&friendID 285408395 The Illusion fan based MySpace page http www.limusichalloffame.org lirock illusion.html Profile of The Illusion at Long Island Music Hall of Fame www.limusichalloffame.org. DEFAULTSORT Illusion, The Category Musical groups from New York Category 1960s music groups Category American psychedelic rock music groups Category Musical groups from ... more details
for the video game of the same name Master of Illusion video game Masters of Illusion is a hip hop music hip hop side project of renowned turntablist Kutmasta Kurt and the 2 emcee s Kool Keith and Motion Man . Their first self titled album was released in 2000. The album s title includes Kutmasta Kurt presents... which implies that Kutmasta Kurt brought the collaboration together. Kurt had previously worked as a producer for several of Kool Keith s albums, many of which featured Motion Man on a track. After the Masters of Illusion project, Kutmasta Kurt went on to produce Motion Man s debut album, Clearing the Field in 2002. Kurt also released an album of his own, Redneck Games , in 2004. Whether or not the group members plan to release a second Masters of Illusion LP is currently unknown. Albums Masters of Illusion album Masters of Illusion 2000 External links http www.koolkeith.co.uk Kool Keith s Site http www.ultrakeith.net www.ultrakeith.net Kool Keith Category American hip hop groups US hiphop band stub ... more details
Image Chubbillusion.gif thumb right 288px An example of the Chubb illusion. The two centres are identical. The Chubb illusion is an optical illusion wherein the apparent contrast of an object varies dramatically, depending on the context of the presentation. ref Lotto RB, Purves D. An empirical explanation of the Chubb illusion. J Cogn Neurosci. 2001 Jul 1 13 5 547 55. PMID 11506656. ref Low contrast texture surrounded by a uniform field appears to have higher contrast than when it is surrounded by high contrast texture. This was observed and documented by Charles Chubb and colleagues in 1989. ref Chubb C, Sperling G, Solomon JA. Texture interactions determine perceived contrast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Dec 86 23 9631 5. PMID 2594791. ref See also Contrast effect Same color illusion Spatial frequency References reflist External links http www.purveslab.net research explanation brightness chubb.html An Empirical Explanation Chubb Illusion , from Dale Purves Lab. Category Perception Category Optical illusions psych stub ja ... more details
Dismemberment is a Magic illusion stage illusion , designed and patented by the magician Edward M. Massey in 1935 . Basic Effect Empty section date July 2010 Exposure The Masked Magician performed and the Dismemberment and revealed the method in Breaking the Magician s Code Magic s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 2008 series revival Breaking the Magician s Code Magic s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 2008 . References U.S. Patent 2034407 External links http www.google.com patents?id Wx1TAAAAEBAJ Patent description on Google Patents Magic and Illusion Category Magic tricks magic stub ... more details
An auditory illusion is an illusion of hearing sense hearing , the aural equivalent of an optical illusion the listener hearing sense hears either sounds which are not present in the stimulus , or impossible sounds. ref name deutsch http deutsch.ucsd.edu pdf ben carson review AJP.pdf Massaro, Dominic W., editor University of California, Santa Cruz. Spring 2007 Book Reviews. What Are Musical Paradox and Illusion? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 120, No. 1, pp. 123 170, 124, 132. ref In short, auditory illusions highlight areas where the human ear and human brain brain , as organic, makeshift tools, differ from perfect audio recording audio receptors for better or for worse . Examples of auditory illusions hearing a missing fundamental frequency, given other parts of the Harmonic series music harmonic series Various psychoacoustic tricks of lossy Audio compression Binaural beats Deutsch s scale illusion Glissando illusion Illusory continuity of tones McGurk effect Octave illusion Deutsch s High Low Illusion Phantom rings the Shepard tone or scale, and the Deutsch tritone paradox Notes reflist See also Auditory system Barber pole auditory illusions compared to visual illusions Doppler effect not an illusion, but real physical phenomenon Holophonics Pitch circularity Psychoacoustics Tinnitus External links http www.kyushu id.ac.jp ynhome ENG Demo illusions.html Demonstrations of various auditory illusions at Kyushu Institute of Design http deutsch.ucsd.edu Diana Deutsch s Web Page http www.virtualbarber.org page.php?13 The Virtual Barber Selection of Auditory Illusions Category Auditory illusions de Akustische T uschung ko pl Iluzje s uchowe fi Kuuloharha zh ... more details
orphan date December 2009 Image Cubes at Heureka, optical illusion.jpg thumb A photograph of a three dimensional installation showing the logo of science center Heureka . The logo can be viewed in two different ways with the cubes appearing to be pushed outward, or, as it in reality is, the cubes pushed inward. An isometric illusion also called an ambiguous figure or inside outside illusion is a type of optical illusion , specifically one due to multistable perception . In general, any shape built entirely of same length i.e., isometric lines that does not clearly indicate relative direction between its components will evoke such a perceptual flip flopping . The Necker Cube is a famous example of an isometric illusion. Categories Category Optical illusions Category Geometry math stub nl Isometrische illusie ... more details
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