Illusions
Psychology ⇒ Sensation and Perception
Illusions starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe how the 'phantom limb' phenomenon is related to sensory illusions.
Describe the difference between a hallucination and an illusion.
Describe the main difference between a physiological and a cognitive illusion.
Describe the role of bottom-up processing in the experience of illusions.
Describe the role of top-down processing in the experience of illusions.
Explain how cultural background can influence susceptibility to certain visual illusions.
Explain how the Ames room illusion works and what it demonstrates about human perception.
Explain how the brain resolves conflicting sensory information in cross-modal illusions.
Explain why illusions are important in the study of sensation and perception.
In the context of illusions, what does the term 'context effect' refer to?
In the context of the McGurk effect, what happens when the visual and auditory components of speech do not match?
What is a perceptual illusion?
