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Size-weight illusion — The size weight illusion, also known as the Charpentier illusion, is named after the French physician Augustin Charpentier.[1] because he was the first to demonstrate the illusion experimentally [2] [3] The illusion occurs when a person… … Wikipedia
illusion — illusioned, adj. /i looh zheuhn/, n. 1. something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. 2. the state or condition of being deceived; misapprehension. 3. an instance of being deceived. 4. Psychol. a perception, as … Universalium
Charpentier's illusion — Also known as size weight illusion and *Demoor s sign. The eponym Charpentier s illusion refers to the French ophthalmologist and physiologist Augustin Charpentier (18521916), who has been credited with being the first to describe the… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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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
Augustin Charpentier — In 1891 the first experiment providing evidence of the size weight illusion was done by Augustin Charpentier, a French physician. He carried out a various number of procedures comparing what people thought was the heaviness of lifted weights. He… … Wikipedia
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epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… … Universalium
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