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IN THIS IMAGE VIEWING TEST YOU WILL PROBABLY DETECT MOTION.  THERE IS ABSOLUTLY NO MOTION IN THE IMAGE, IT IS IN YOUR BRAIN. Then there is a misrepresentation of a “real” sensory stimulus—that is, an interpretation that contradicts objective “reality” as defined by general agreement. For example, a child who perceives tree branches at night as if they are goblins may be said to be having an illusion. Cognitive illusions are assumed to be an interaction based on assumptions about the world, which lead to unconscious inferences an idea first suggested in the 19th century by Hermann Helmholtz. ... Distorting illusions are characterized by distortions of size, length, or curvature.