Illusions

Positive illusions are unrealistic, biased attitudes that individuals have about themselves and towards other individuals, normally close friends or family members. Positive illusions is “a perception that represents what is perceived in a way different from the way it is in reality. An illusion is a false mental image or conception which may be a misinterpretation of a real appearance or may be something imagined. It may be pleasing, harmless or even useful (Stein, 1982, p 662). The more positive illusions the higher self-esteem an individual has. It should be noted that positive illusions are more common in western countries than other parts of the world. Research has found that positive illusions promote a better mental health. There are…

possibly mind-blowing. It revealed to me that life, as I know it, is not necessarily what it seems to be. Chabris shares with us what he discovered with Simons about the illusions we see everyday. He categorizes these illusions as the illusions…

Optical Illusions are a neurological phenomenon that allows a person to believe an alternate reality based on what they see visually or encounter haptically. Illusions can come in all shapes and sizes and can be presented to us in many different ways sometimes, subliminally throughout our daily lives. The most famous and widely studied illusion is the Muller-Lyer illusion. This illusion consists of a horizontal line with opposite facing arrows at either end. The next portion uses the same…

On Thursday November 19th, I went to the King’s College theatre production “The Illusion” by Tony Kushner. During the week of the play, I did not know what to expect, because this was actually the first play I have ever been too before. Also, I never heard of the Illusion by Tony Kushner before, and I had absolutely no idea what the play I was about to see was actually about. When I was thinking about going to the play, I was actually very excited about seeing a live performance for the first…

Optical illusions are a great mystery to the world. These illusions confuse the eye and mind. They cause one to question and wonder if what they see is reality or distortion. There are an infinite amount of optical illusions that confuse the human brain. A mirage is one type of optical illusion that many see in day to day life. They are an image that one sees ,and it contradicts what the mind thinks is logical. Many have asked themselves questions. What is the true shape and position of these…

Yusef Ahmed Does age and gender affect the way people perceive images in optical illusions? Optical illusions consist of color, light, patterns and pictures to create what we know as illusions. Illusions are usually deceptive and often mislead the brain into seeing something that is not truly there. The different parts of the eye process images and colors at different speeds which often lead up to the brain getting false images. These illusions also occur due to the brain seeing things that…

What we suspect to see is possible distorted or a trick told to believe mind. This reflection based on Beau Lotto with a presentation on the optical illusions show, how we see. My perspective after viewing the video is that any shapes colors are merely illusions what we as human beings expect to see, which is based on earlier or historical information. This presentation reminded me of an earlier TED talk by Elizabeth Loftus on memory. Our memory is trying to trick us in recalling information…

Many optical illusions take advantage of our perception, being a "construction project" and our brain constantly trying to estimate the best guess, leading for us to be easily tricked. The moon illusion is an optical illusion which causes the moon to appear larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky. One of the most famous illusion and most widely discussed has been the so called "Moon Illusion". For many years psychologists have known about this and have proposed many theories to…

Optical illusions are complex, yet simple. An optical illusion is an experience of seeming to see something that does not exists that is different than it appears. A designer in Paris by the name of Dries Van Noten was famous for his creation of optical illusions in clothing. Such as "broad stripes washing down the skirt front like a breaking wave," (Menkes, WEB).An optical illusion can be perceived in many ways. Ways that deal with light, the eyes, mirages, and brain perception. The science…

A Brief Synopses/ Introduction In the Ted Talks video Optical Illusion, Beau Lotto started his presentation with a game of two panels (a white panel and a black panel) containing colored dots. By engaging the audience to identify the colors that where exactly the same on both panels, he explained that the purpose of the game was for the audience to see the world as it is. Next, Beau Lotto describes why color is important and how we use color to make sense of sensory information. First, he uses…