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Is the Moon Illusion an Illusion?
2012The Moon Illusion refers to the fact that the moon (or sun) appears larger near the horizon than higher in the sky. It is called an illusion because the angular size of the celestial bodies does not change in different parts of the sky (apart from a slight shrinkage and shape distortion near the horizon owing to refraction).
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Archives of General Psychiatry, 1984
There are several diseases, including schizophrenia, alcoholism, and opiate addiction, for which the long-term prognosis is subject to disagreement between clinicians and researchers and also among researchers. Part of this disagreement may be attributable to a difference in the populations they sample.
P, Cohen, J, Cohen
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There are several diseases, including schizophrenia, alcoholism, and opiate addiction, for which the long-term prognosis is subject to disagreement between clinicians and researchers and also among researchers. Part of this disagreement may be attributable to a difference in the populations they sample.
P, Cohen, J, Cohen
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The Illusion of Reality or the Reality of Illusion
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1995BackgroundThe aim of this review is to integrate research findings on the role of sociocultural factors in hallucinations and to relate these factors to current psychological theory and research.MethodThe literature was surveyed by manual search, and the more reliable studies selected for the review.ResultsOne hundred and thirteen publications were ...
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Vision Research, 1976
Abstract Four experiments were performed to test for the occurrence of perceived central fusion of vertically disparate stimuli. Two of these employed the method of Signal Detection Theory in order to measure the sensitivity of observers in discriminating disparate from non-disparate cyclofusional stimuli along the horizontal meridian.
L, Kaufman, A, Arditi
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Abstract Four experiments were performed to test for the occurrence of perceived central fusion of vertically disparate stimuli. Two of these employed the method of Signal Detection Theory in order to measure the sensitivity of observers in discriminating disparate from non-disparate cyclofusional stimuli along the horizontal meridian.
L, Kaufman, A, Arditi
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The Illusion of Visual Illusions
2012Visual illusions have played a prominent role in both philosophical and psychological studies of perception. It is also the case that most people have experienced them. These phenomena are said to be cases where literally you cannot believe your eyes.
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Real illusion or illusory illusion: The method of Faux Illusions for verifying new illusions
Bioscience Hypotheses, 2008Abstract Here the problem of the verification of new illusions is addressed. Subtle perceptual illusory experiences can be hard to recognize, meaning that it can be difficult or impossible for an introspecting psychologist to convey a new illusion or verify that other people experience a new illusion without polluting other people's experience by ...
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2008
I am here to persuade you that magic runs rampant in our lives and that this is a good thing. We are all magicians—illusionists—who survive, take pleasure, and find meaning in life by means of the illusions we create. Therefore, I am a magician … and so are you.
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I am here to persuade you that magic runs rampant in our lives and that this is a good thing. We are all magicians—illusionists—who survive, take pleasure, and find meaning in life by means of the illusions we create. Therefore, I am a magician … and so are you.
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Illusion and well-being: a social psychological perspective on mental health.
Psychological bulletin, 1988Shelley E. Taylor, Jonathon D. Brown
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2001
A recent study investigates the influence of visual illusions on children's arm movements [Gentilucci, M. et al. (2001) Visual illusions and the control of children's arm movements. Neuropsychologia 39, 132–139]. In these experiments, children and adults were asked to point to the ends of Muller-Lyer configurations, as well as to the ends of a control ...
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A recent study investigates the influence of visual illusions on children's arm movements [Gentilucci, M. et al. (2001) Visual illusions and the control of children's arm movements. Neuropsychologia 39, 132–139]. In these experiments, children and adults were asked to point to the ends of Muller-Lyer configurations, as well as to the ends of a control ...
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