Distinguishing Between Illusions and Delusions Even psychology students have a hard time recognizing the difference between illusions and delusions. You may ask yourself, “Who cares”?

Training can help improve our ability to synchronize sights and sounds. New research shows that this type of training ...

Social science research has convincingly demonstrated that the opinions of mental health professionals simply cannot be trusted when they are not supported by research-validated knowledge. The ...

Could the commonly accepted idea of the thought-producing brain churning away behind a skull be in itself a kind of "illusion" of where thinking comes from? In The Science Delusion by scientist ...

into making something happen that isn’t working. Remember: an illusion is something you use to change the reality around you. A delusion is something that prevents you from seeing the reality ...

Rolling Stone Magazine reported a disturbing trend detailing how some individuals develop profound delusions fueled by their ...

Neptune—the planet of illusion, delusion, and our collective ideals—enters Aries on the 30th, changing signs for the first time in over a decade. Since 2011, Neptune has been in Pisces ...

Perception researchers have discovered many illusions where context affects perceived size and distance. A great example of this is the Ponzo illusion (reviewed in an earlier blog post).

However, Ehrsson—who tests all his experiments himself—is at pains to point out the difference between illusions and delusions. With the former, the person feeling the sensation retains an ...

The location of this “land of illusion” was a state-of-the-art film studio in New Jersey. A friend has come up with the idea of a Jewish version of the famous TED Talks. His is called “JED ...