Illusions

An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the mind normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Although illusions distort the human perception of reality, they are generally shared by most people.

Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when that is not the case. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. It is typically worse when the head is moved. Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness.

concept in Indian religions; illusion, that which changes, unreal, temporary

parable from the ancient Indian subcontinent, in which several blind men feel and try to conceptualize an elephant

tendency for people to overestimate their ability to control events

cognitive bias wherein a person overestimates their own qualities and abilities

The tendency to erroneously consider the inevitable streaks or clusters arising in small samples from random distributions to be non-random

illusionary duplicate of Sita

Chronostasis (from Greek , , 'time' and , , 'standing') is a type of temporal illusion in which the first impression following the introduction of a new event or task-demand to the brain can appear to be extended in time. For example, chronostasis temporarily occurs when fixating on a target stimulus, immediately following a saccade (i.e., quick eye movement). This elicits an overestimation in the temporal duration for which that target stimulus (i.e., postsaccadic stimulus) was perceived. This effect can extend apparent durations by up to half a second and is consistent with the idea that the

psychological trait

optical illusion

cognitive bias

perceptional illusion

sensation of losing balance or dizziness when stepping onto an escalator which is not working

Prelest, also known as spiritual delusion, spiritual deception, or spiritual illusion, is an Eastern Orthodox Christian term for a spiritual state of false holiness or deluded self-righteousness, believing in one's own spiritual superiority.

metaphore

misjudgment of true orientation by pilots

psychological illusion that one will not undergo significant developmental changes in the future

psychological term