effect of illusion
41White's illusion — is an optical illusion illustrating the fact that the same target luminance can elicit different perceptions of brightness in different contexts.Note, that although the gray rectangles are all of equal luminance, the ones seen in the context with …
42Dismemberment (illusion) — Dismemberment is a stage illusion, designed and patented by the magician Edward M. Massey in 1935. Contents 1 Basic Effect 2 Exposure 3 References 4 External links …
43Charpentier's illusion — Also known as size weight illusion and *Demoor s sign. The eponym Charpentier s illusion refers to the French ophthalmologist and physiologist Augustin Charpentier (18521916), who has been credited with being the first to describe the… …
44Poggendorff illusion — The Poggendorff Illusion is an optical illusion that involves the brain s perception of the interaction between diagonal lines and horizontal and vertical edges. It is named after Poggendorff, who discovered it in the drawing of Johann Karl… …
45auditory illusion — The term auditory illusion is used in a general sense to denote a misrepresentation or misinterpretation of auditory stimuli. Some common examples are words that are misunderstood, figments, and nonverbal sounds such as the humming of a… …
46celestial illusion — The term celestial illusion is indebted to the Latin noun caelum, which means heaven. It is used to denote a group of *size illusions characterized by an apparent increase in the size of celestial bodies when these are perceived above the… …
47Fiscal Illusion — is a public choice theory of government expenditure first developed by the Italian economist Amilcare Puviani. Fiscal Illusion suggests that when government revenues are unobserved or not fully observed by taxpayers then the cost of government is …
48McCollough effect — (click to enlarge) A test image for the McCollough effect. On first looking at this image, the vertical and horizontal lines should look black and white, colourless. After induction (see images below), the horizontal lines should look greenish… …
49Hering 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 …
50Wundt 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… …
