illusory movement

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• illusory movement experience —    Also known as illusory motor movement. Both terms refer to a hallucinated feeling of movement, such as the feeling of flying, falling, or floating, as well as elevator feelings, sensations of acceleration, and spinning sensations. Illusory… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• illusory movement of limbs —    Also known as motor illusion. Both terms are used to denote a type of kinaesthetic hallucination characterized by the illusory sensation of movement of one or more body parts, while these are actually at rest. As noted by the British… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• illusory arm extension —    The term illusory arm extension refers to a subclass of the motor illusions, which is itself a subclass of the group of illusory movement experiences. The phenomenon of illusory arm extension can be induced by means of vibratory stimulation of …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• illusory displacement of limbs —    A term used to denote an illusory sensation in which a paralytic limb is perceived as being detached from the rest of the body. This phenomenon has been described in cases of hemi plegia. As noted by the British neurologist Macdonald Critchley …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• illusory motor movement —    see illusory movement experience …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Illusory motion — The term illusory motion, also known as motion illusion, is used to define the appearance of movement in a static image. This is an optical illusion in which a static image appears to be moving due to the cognitive effects of interacting color… …   Wikipedia

• kinaesthetic hallucination —    Also known as kinesthetic hallucination, kinaesthetic illusion, and hallucination of motion. The term kinaesthetic hallucination is indebted to the Greek words kinèsis (movement) and aisthèsis (feeling). In a broad sense, it is used to denote… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• autokinetic effect —    Also referred to as autokinetic sensation, autokinetic illusion, autokinetic phenomenon, autokinesis, and Charpentier s illusion. The term autokinetic effect is indebted to the Greek words automatos (automatically, driven by a power of its… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• motor illusion —    Also known as motor sensation and illusory movement. The term motor illusion is indebted to the Latin noun motio, which means movement. It is used to denote a * kinaesthetic hallucination characterized by the illusory sensation of movement of… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• metamorphopsia —    The term metamorphopsia comes from the Greek words metamorphoun (to change the form) and opsis (seeing). It translates roughly as seeing an altered form . It is not clear who introduced the term, but it appears in a medical lexicon as early as …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• motion aftereffect —     (MAE)    A term used to denote a type of aftereffect characterized by illusory motion. The American experimental psychologists George Mather et al. define the MAE as the illusory movement of a physically stationary scene following exposure to …   Dictionary of Hallucinations