He led the spade king, an unexpected move, creating the illusion that he had a singleton.
Mirrors and interior windows offer unexpected vistas and give the illusion of greater space.
Since then, other scientists searched in vain for evidence that the unexpected acceleration might be an illusion.
As suggested by their strong parallel with repetition suppression, duration illusions caused by unexpected stimuli may be due to a contraction in the perceived duration of predicted stimuli, not a dilation of unexpected stimuli.
In our laboratory, we recently discovered an unexpected version of the rubber hand illusion that demonstrates an important new role played by homologous limbs for the sense of ownership and tactile perception.
Burt's final wave goodbye – topped with the simplest of illusions, a door magically closing by itself –a cheeky, unexpected, old school Hollywood moment.
They were: Baby Steps, by Mara Altman; Illusions II, by Richard Bach; Estranged, by Jessica Berger Gross; and An Unexpected Twist, by Andy Borowitz.
"The crop gives the illusion of separates in a dress," she says, "which was an unexpected way of wearing it".
The illusion is only broken a couple of times, but in the most unexpected way.
So when the illusion shatters, as it has with the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, it is utterly unexpected and difficult to accept.
