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	Touch illusion - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Touch illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch.
		An example of a touch illusion is the contingent after-effect.
		Another is a physiological illusion where with one hand immersed in cold water and the other in hot and then both in lukewarm, the lukewarm water will feel both hot and cold.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Touch_illusion (415 words)

	Sense
		School children are routinely taught that there are five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste; a classification first devised by Aristotle), though it is generally agreed that there are at least nine different senses in humans, and a minimum of two more observed in other organisms.
		Touch or tactition is the sense of pressure perception, generally in the skin.
		The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (announced 4 October 2004) was won by Richard Axel and Linda Buck for their work explaining olfaction, published first in a joint paper in 1991 that described the very large family of about one thousand genes for odorant receptors and how the receptors link to the brain.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/sense.html (1894 words)

	Illusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An illusion is a distortion of a sensory perception.
		Touch illusions exploit the human sense of touch.
		Unlike an hallucination, which is a sensory experience in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a distortion of a perception so it is understood and interpreted differently.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illusion (263 words)

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		Illusions may occur with more of the human senses than vision, but visual illusions are the most well known and understood.
		In the Ponzo illusion the converging parallel lines tells the brain the image higher in the visual field is further away therefore the brain perceives the image to be larger, although the two images hitting the retina are the same size.
		Examples of Touch illusions include Phantom limb, the Thermal grill illusion, and the tactile illusion which occurs when the middle finger is crossed over the pointer finger and the fingers are ran along the bridge of the nose to the tip with one finger on each side of the nose.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=illusion (1404 words)

	Touch illusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Touch illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch.
		An example of a touch illusion is the contingent after-effect.
		Another is a physiological illusion where with one hand immersed in cold water and the other in hot and then both in lukewarm, the lukewarm water will feel both hot and cold.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Touch_illusion (142 words)

	Newswise
		With this illusion, an individual perceives simultaneous touches to multiple locations on an area of skin as a single touch at the center of that area.
		When the monkeys were touched on one digit alone, the researchers observed a response in Area 3b of the somatosensory cortex, the area previously determined to process information from that digit.
		However, when the monkey was touched simultaneously on both digits, a single cortical location between the maps of the two individual digits responded, explaining the perceived location of the illusion.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/501747/?sc=wire (817 words)

	Touch illusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Touch illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch.
		An example of a touch illusion is the contingent after-effect.
		Another is a physiological illusion where with one hand immersed in cold water and the other in hot and then both in lukewarm, the lukewarm water will feel both hot and cold.
	www.wordinfo.co.za /to/Touch_illusion.html (461 words)

	Brain maps perceptions, not reality
		With this illusion, an individual perceives simultaneous touches to multiple locations on an area of skin as a single touch at the center of that area.
		However, when the monkey was touched simultaneously on both digits, a single cortical location between the maps of the two individual digits responded, explaining the perceived location of the illusion.
		In addition, the perceived intensity of this illusion is caused by the integration of activity across all three locations (two actual, one illusory).
	www.temple.edu /ispr/examples/ex03_12_02.html (787 words)

	Janice Henning's Lace Illusion Table Runner
		Now that the long lines of illusion lace is completed, you will stitch the ends of the runner in the same manner.
		Touch the "stop" so it will complete the stitch at a time until you see how close you can get to that corner.
		Then touch "repeat." I drew a line directly down the middle of each side between the lace and the illusion lace and used that as a guide to stitch these designs.
	www.sewmuch4retirement.com /projects/laceillusion/laceillusion.html (1484 words)

	Exploring News & Features - Software with the right stuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Vanderbilt University psychology department researchers Anna Wang Roe, Li Min Chen and Robert Friedman have identified responses in the brain to a touch illusion that shed new light on how the brain processes sensory information and call into question long-held theories about the nature of the “map” of the body in the brain.
		When the monkeys were touched on one digit alone, the researchers observed a response in Area 3b of the somatosensory cortex, the area previously determined to process information from that digit.
		touched simultaneously on both digits, a single cortical location between the maps of the two individual digits responded, explaining the perceived location of the illusion.
	exploration.vanderbilt.edu /news/news_roe.htm (941 words)

	Imaging Spells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		A caster can never produce a good illusion of a sensation he has not experienced (although he may be able to fool others who have not either), and in any case producing good mental images is a difficult skill.
		Moving Illusion spells are a variation of the Illusion spells where the caster keeps control of the motion of the illusion throughout.
		Alternatively, the illusion can be set into motion at the start of the spell, in which case it keeps moving in the given direction or in some rhythmic fashion.
	home.att.net /~gottesma/Fakent/Magic-imaging.html (1811 words)

	Brain Maps Perceptions, Not Reality
		New research published in the Oct. 31 issue of the journal Science indicates our perceptions of these illusions are no hoax, but the result of how the brain is organized to process the information it receives from our senses.
		Walter Penfield is credited with first establishing in 1957 that a map of the human body exists in the brain, with specific areas of the cortex processing information from different body areas.
		Although the perception of this illusion has been studied for decades, researchers did not know how it was processed by the brain.
	www.rense.com /general44/notreal.htm (763 words)

	Discipline: Chimestry
		Even if an illusion of touch is created, it is not really there, and thus can be passed through.
		The caster must be able to see the illusion to issue mental commands, once out of sight the illusion continues to follows its orders until the Ravnos allows to fade or issues new orders.
		Attacks on the illusions only pass through it, if the Ravnos is not present to give commands, the illusion will not react at all and continue to do what it was ordered to do.
	www.angelfire.com /va2/AttoneCamarilla/Chimestry.html (555 words)

	wizard spells
		By means of this spell the caster or someone touched is able to see through all visible illusions and know them to be what they are, i.e., illusions.
		It does this by producing an illusion that the person effected is water, and is therefore invisible.
		When this spell is cast, the illusionist creates the illusion of one of the most fearsome thing imaginable to a spell caster, which comes from his subconscious mind.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /colin.pratt/wizspells.htm (1776 words)

	Runes
		The next time that subject is touched, the subject gains a damage resistance of +1/10 for that attack only.
		Magic writings must be touched, and the character must roll 15+ on a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) to succeed.
		Touch or probing searches reveal the true nature of the surface, though they do not cause the illusion to disappear.
	www.theeurth.com /run_runes.html (4983 words)

	Illusion Theater
		Illusion Theater's philosophy of learning is rooted in theater's potential to be a compelling educational tool.
		TOUCH pioneered the concept of education/prevention plays and led to the development of Illusion's Education and Outreach program.
		Illusion Theater's innovative Peer Education Program gives agencies, schools and other groups the rights to perform Illusion's educational plays for their own communities.
	www.illusiontheater.org /education (599 words)

	SOS Magic spells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		This spell removes the veil of illusion and uncertainty from the eyes of the caster for the duration of 10 seconds.
		The source of the illusion must be confined to a 10' sphere up to 30' away from the caster.
		By the use of this spell the caster may program any of the Illusion spells to respond to simple pre-stated stimuli, eg anyone knocking on the door, etc. This spell must be cast first, effectively as an illusion store, with the activation events being specified, then the relevant illusion may be cast into it.
	www.compsoc.man.ac.uk /~chris/sos/magic.html (8131 words)

	Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Touch the Spring
		In the Exploratorium's Touch the Spring exhibit, a spring is placed in front of a concave mirror.
		The illusion of your hand passing right through a lightbulb is impressive, even when everything is out in the open.
		The cabinet hides all the clues and enhances the illusion, but is a more elaborate construction project with associated storage problems.
	www.exploratorium.edu /snacks/touch_the_spring.html (962 words)

	Virtual touch controls rats TRN 051502
		It will seem to the rat like it is being touched on its left whisker, for instance, when electricity passes through the electrode on the right side of the somatosensory cortex, he said.
		Guiding animals using a sense of touch "is very new, no one has done it before," he said.
		A sense of touch would be an important type of feedback for a paralyzed patient using a robotic arm, for example, said Nicolelis.
	trnmag.com /Stories/2002/051502/Virtual_touch_controls_rats_051502.html (1271 words)

	Coordinating Perceptual Systems
		Illusions such as mirror writing, provide interesting insights into the organization and coordination of perceptual systems.
		In other words, when the strokes on the real hand and the rubber hand were synchronized, people ignored the fact that their arm was located to their left side behind a screen.
		Botvinick and Cohen hypothesized that this illusion occurred because vision, touch, and proprioception are correlated to the extent that proprioception can be distorted when visual and tactile information is coordinated.
	web.psych.ualberta.ca /~varn/bc/Botvinick.htm (988 words)

	Cow God Games - World of Spells
		Either they 1) cause damage normally, 2) cause damage which disappears when the illusion disappears, or 3) can't cause damage (in which case, they serve only to draw attacks).
		The illusion is typically easier to learn and costs less to cast.
		Illusionary damage is restored to the character when the illusion is disbelieved or destroyed.
	www.cowgodgames.com /articles/worldofspells.php (7619 words)

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		While the general meaning of whatever is said will be the same, the illusion causes observers to see and hear a twisted version in which the speaker is so insolent that all reactions are checked at -50%.
		The illusion can be as small as half the size of the creature masked, and as large as something that would fit within 1/4 cubic" + 1/4 cubic" per level.
		The spell may not be immediately recognised as an illusion, even if a fault is detected, for it could be seen as a disguise or a physical change (as with a doppleganger).
	www.textfiles.com /humor/COMPUTER/gnsb3-mu.txt (14847 words)

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		This ability is identical to Illusion I, save that the bonus against perceptual integrity is +42 and the illusions conform to the expectations of those viewing them.
		This ability is identical to Illusion II, save that the bonus against perceptual integrity is +54 and the illusion has a duration of 24 rounds beyon the end of the demons concetration.
		The metal of which the blade is made is a permanent illusion that is -127 to dispel.
	orion.math.iastate.edu /danwell/rop/Faristo.html (5845 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Touch spell on illusions
		I'd rule that touching a mirror image with a touch spell gets rid of the image without discharging the touch spell, probably, although I'd need to reread the spell to make sure about this.
		A successful save means the attacker hit the illusion and realized it's fake; a failed save indicates the spellcaster successfully made the illusion dodge the attack.
		Illusions can, among other things, "cause people to see things which are not there", which seems to define a figment fairly well.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=35382 (1204 words)

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		You and any creature you touch are then transported along a coiling path of shadowstuff to the edge of the Material Plane where it borders the Plane of Shadow.
		Creatures of the specified kind or alignment feel elated and pleased to be in the area or desire to touch or to possess the object.
		The compulsion to stay in the area or touch the object is overpowering.
	home1.gte.net /emagius/v35_SRD/SpellsS.html (14290 words)

	ABZenD : 180 answers about zen from Master Deshimaru
		You often say that the greatest freedom comes through zazen, but you also say that it is impossible to do away with all one illusions.
		You say that Zen wants to reach the highest wisdom and the deepest love, but some people think zazen produces indifference to others, they say it is the opposite of the active charity taught by Christianity.
		I also believe that the consciousness is emptied of its habitual impressions, of all the events that strike and touch us, and reaches a deeper level of consciousness, which is the sense of belonging to something larger than oneself, to the cosmic order.
	www.zen-deshimaru.com /EN/sangha/deshimaru/QR.htm (2097 words)

	Science News: Fickle finger's funny feel: digit illusion modi... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Volunteers reported that biceps vibrations elicited an illusion of the right arm extending outward slightly and, therefore, of an elongation of the left index finger.
		While undergoing vibrations, each participant was touched successively on the left index finger and the forehead with two small metal rods and asked to judge whether the distance between rods on the finger felt bigger or smaller than it did on the forehead.
		For instance, he wonders whether, if two rods were placed on a finger as researchers somehow induced the illusion that the finger was expanding, the perceived distance between the rods would expand proportionately.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:135119178&refid=ink_tptd_mag (574 words)

	Mind Power Newsletter No. 20
		The illusion, in this case, is that the world which you perceive outside of yourself is actually the world as it really exists.
		And when you touch the book, you feel the hardness and intensity of it, the slipperiness of the pages, the texture of the cover and the sharpness of the edge of the pages, all within your brain.
		We have been taught that we are touching the cloth outside of our body, reading a book that is 30 cm (1 ft) away from us, smelling the trees that are far away from us, or hearing the shaking of the leaves that are far above us.
	www.mindpowernews.com /020.htm (2271 words)

	Baking your noodle - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
		If I was to let a character have the Image (Touch) power useable on computers like that, I wouldn't make them spend the points on this unless they planned on using it in a game impacting way.
		And I think that activating a touch screen, or a land mine, is "causing a physical effect".
		If it is a sight and touch image it needs to fool both sense groups or you will assume it's fake.
	www.herogames.com /forums/showthread.php?t=24955 (1835 words)

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		It creates minor illusions that permit it to simulate arms and armor, proper voice and appearance, smell and texture.
		Unlike most demons it is cool and hard to the touch and, with its eyes closed, can impersonate a statue, though its smell may give it away.
		The eyes glow red, small cracks in the skin glow red, and thre creature sheds posion and is hot as fire to the touch (note the two aura attacks).
	orion.math.iastate.edu /danwell/rop/Fdemons.html (7788 words)

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