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Showing 1 to 20 of 117 for “"Illusions"”.
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Illusions for life: on the importance of illusions for our life and the role of cinema in creating these illusions
… This thesis aims to discuss the notion of illusions as a system of stories and values that inspire a culture similar to other grand narratives, such as mythology or religion. Cinema thus becomes the postmodern 'mythmaking machine‘ par excellence in a world that has increasing difficulties …
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Narcissistic illusions : an empirical typology
… the mental health implications of "positive illusions." Subjects were 251 college students at a large Midwest University. The mean age of the participants was 21 years. Self-report measures of narcissism, positive illusions, and mental health were administered in counterbalanced order. Data …
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Necessary illusions?: representations of Darfur
… be generated. This would result in the necessary illusions of disaster reporting not being quite so necessary.
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Homological Illusions of Persistence and Stability
<p>In this thesis we explore and extend the theory of persistent homology, which captures topological features of a function by pairing its critical values. The result is represented by a collection of points in the extended plane called persistence diagram.</p><p>We start with the question of …
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Moses and the Ark: exploring semantic illusions
… Two, three further experiments related semantic illusions to problem solving and examined the processing requirements of semantic illusions. Findings indicated that semantic illusions are subject to a kind of ‘functional fixedness’, which prevents thorough processing (Chapters 9 and 10). This may …
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Motion and Spatiality: Material Illusions in Abstract Painting
… of acrylic painting processes in generating illusions as abstractions. This results in four bodies of work, each exploring the oscillating relations between the eye and the body, illusion and materiality, stasis and motion, flatness and spatiality. This thesis has been informed by Hanneke …
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Motion and Spatiality: Material Illusions in Abstract Painting
… of acrylic painting processes in generating illusions as abstractions. This results in four bodies of work, each exploring the oscillating relations between the eye and the body, illusion and materiality, stasis and motion, flatness and spatiality. This thesis has been informed by Hanneke …
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Illusions of unique invulnerability: impacts of beliefs on behavior
People tend to maintain certain positive illusions about themselves and their futures that may be adaptive in buffering their self-esteem and feelings of efficacy from the effects of negative or threatening feedback. The illusion of unique invulnerability is the expectation that others will be the …
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A KANTIAN ELABORATION OF BRAITHWAITE'S RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: DISPELLING ILLUSIONS
Dissatisfaction with the criminal law system has resulted in a call for alternative responses to issues relating to crime and injustice. Restorative justice programs are one of these alternative responses. Restorative justice is a process in which the victim, offender, and any other party affected …
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Optical illusions and augmented graphics for manned and robotic guidance and control
… Second, we attempted to incorporate optical illusions intended to enhance the perception of depth and apparent motion to provide better and more compelling feedback for the operator performing the task. Data from a small group of subjects suggest that the illusion of depth produced …
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Understanding the Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen: Optical Illusions Versus Aural Realities
In this thesis, I examine the organ music of Olivier Messiaen both from the viewpoint of a theorist and as an organist. I assert that not only his influences, but also his in-depth understandings of the mutations stops of the organ and what pitches are produced by using these stops inform …
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Color Illusions on Liquid Crystal Displays and Design Guidelines for Information Visualization
… on interventions that can reduce the color illusions. This study was motivated to identify interventions and propose design guidelines for information visualization, especially where size judgment is critical. This study replicated the color size illusion and color depth illusion on an LCD …
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Utilizing Visual Illusions To Identify and Understand Perceptual Discrepancies in Product Design
… research project was to determine how visual illusions influence a designer's perception of a product across three representations: industrial design sketches, computer aided design (CAD) models, and physical prototypes (FDM rapid prototyping). A visualization experiment was conducted in which …
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Some Observations on Orientation and Illusions When Exposed to Sub and Zero-Gravity
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Effect of scene polarity and head orientation on roll illusions in a virtual environment
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1996.
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The Effect of Age, Syntax Complexity, and Cognitive Ability on the Rate of Semantic Illusions
<p>Semantic illusions are recognition errors that occur when an individual fails to notice that information contradicts their prior knowledge (Barton & Sanford, 1993; Erickson & Mattson, 1981). For example, after hearing the question, “If a plane crashes while flying over state lines, where should …
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The interaction of space volume and frames, with their associated images and illusions : paintings, illustrations and thoughts.
Thesis. 1978. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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