Module I

Illussion

Anshu Singh Choudhary,

HoI & Assistant Professor, ASFDT
 What Are Illusions?
• Warm-up: We’ve all seen them, although you
may not have even realized what they are.
When you hear the phrase “Illusion” what do
you think of?
 What is Illusion?
• an instance of a wrong or misinterpreted
perception of a sensory experience.
• a false idea or belief.
• something that is not really what it seems to be.
• just a crafty construction or fantasy.
• It deceive the human visual system into
perceiving something that is not present or
incorrectly perceiving what is present.
 Definition

• Involves an apparently inexplicable

discrepancy between the appearance of a
visual stimulus and its physical reality

• Visually perceived images that are deceptive

or misleading
 Room

• Observe this room.

Take special note of the
size, shape, color and
details of the room.
• Can one girl really be
that much bigger than
the other?
 Why to study Optical Illusion
• Studying how brain is fooled teaches us how it
works
• It makes us happy

“Illusions of the senses tell us the truth about perception”

-Purkinje