What is an illusion?
Q: What is an illusion?
A: An illusion is a distortion of perception where the brain arranges, sorts, and organises data from the senses incorrectly.
Q: Can illusions affect all five senses?
A: Yes, illusions can happen with all five senses, including taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing.
Q: Do illusions require a disorder to occur?
A: No, some illusions can happen because of disorders, but generally, all normal people can sense the same illusion.
Q: How do illusions differ from hallucinations?
A: An illusion is interpreting what we sense wrongly, whereas a hallucination is sensing something which is not real.
Q: Are illusions unique to individuals?
A: In general, illusions are shared by most people in the same situation.
Q: Can the combination of information from two senses cause an illusion?
A: Yes, some illusions involve the way information from two senses is put together.
Q: Does the brain normally accurately organise data from our senses?
A: Yes, the brain normally arranges, sorts, and organises data from the senses correctly, but sometimes it does not, and we see illusions.
