Moon illusion

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…

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…

The artistic ability to create an optical illusion within artwork has piqued my interest for years. When there is an illusion in artwork, it grabs the attention of the viewers’ eyes and the viewer may even feel compelled to examine and interpret the artwork more thoroughly. One example of optical illusions in artwork are three dimensional street art. Three dimensional street art is so intriguing because the artist takes an ordinary concrete public space and transforms it into something…

Most amputees report a sequela where they perceive painful sensations in the missing part of the amputated limbs1. This condition is known as phantom limb pain (PLP). While various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the etiology of PLP, it remains unclear1. In this essay, I will present the debate between two contrasting theories on the possible causes of PLP. One argues that PLP arises as a top-down phenomenon because of maladaptive cortical plasticity2, and conversely, the other…

himself, and Cathy Moss as herself, and two unnamed actors. This film is all about unlocking the senses and perceptions, helping the curious understand how the brain works, and making sense of the world around us. To create mind-bending sensory illusions,…

What is Perception? Is what you perceive reality? Introduction Perception is a process by which we organise, integrate and recognise stimuli in order to make sense of the world through meaning and interpretation. Perception begins when the human brain receives data from body’s five senses touch, sight, taste, smell and hearing. Knowledge and experience are extremely important for the concept, perception, this is because they help us make sense of the input to our sensory system. Without being…

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…

heart … Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction.” Even though all the main characters has their illusions and ambitions, Nick admires only Gatsby because “there was something gorgeous about him… an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person”. Everybody else’s illusions involved greed, elitism, etc, but only Gatsby’s was pure. Nick admires how “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future…

Over the past couple years many scientists have heard about this strange pain in a part of the body that no longer exists. It is called Phantom Limb Pain. Many amputees agree that this pain is too much. Phantom Limb Pain occurs in 80 percent of the people who have had a limb amputated. Some amputees may experience tingling, cramping, heat, and cold in that part that has been removed. The sensations that may have been experienced before the limb was removed may be experienced to the phantom limb.…

an illusion? An illusion is like a false idea about something .I think illusions are of value in life because I am sure everyone had an illusion before, it’s really about how the brain react. In the play “The Tempest” it has a lot of illusions in it because they use a lot of magic, but in reality we don’t use magic it is just how we think things is something but it is really something different. I feel that illusions…