Sentence examples for illusory sensation from inspiring English sources

Sometimes, however, the stimulation of one sense may activate an illusory sensation that is normally perceived by another sense, or a strong sensation may mask the perceptions of other senses.

The sense of cushioned escape is complete; I feel utterly protected, totally truant, and get that glowing, illusory sensation of being in control of my own life, of knowing where I am going.

They include fatigue (in which alcohol, by seeming to invigorate, encourages overexertion), prolonged exposure to cold (in which alcohol, by dilating the peripheral blood vessels, gives an illusory sensation of warmth but actually accelerates the loss of body heat), and shock.

Illusory sensation of movement has been addressed with invasive experiments in which direct electrical stimulation has been used to probe various regions of the brain during surgery.

A widely-used tool for investigation of movement perception is tendon vibration; it activates muscle spindle endings and induces an illusory sensation of movement [6] [9].

It would therefore be advantageous to study illusory sensation of movement with a non-invasive stimulation technique such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) [8] in healthy subjects who are deprived of sensory feedback.

Although the mechanisms producing these body sensations are unknown [16], their existence suggests that disruption of the central circuits processing information from the body can lead to illusory sensations that violate the gross morphology of the human body plan.

Approximately 10% of the subjects will experience pronounced aftereffects, including illusory sensations of climbing and turning, perceived inversions of the visual field, and disturbed motor control [ 11, 56].

If being able to borrow makes people feel richer (however illusory the sensation), having to repay the debt makes them feel poorer.

Vibrations of muscle tendons induce illusory kinaesthetic sensations (e.g. arm stretching during biceps tendon vibration and arm flexing during triceps tendon vibration, though the arm remains still).

In conclusion, our study has introduced a novel version of the rubber-hand illusion in which converging multisensory input from both sides of the body suffices to change the feeling of limb ownership and to elicit illusory tactile sensations on an un-stimulated limb.