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Macroesthesia

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macrobehaviornounRelatively large-scale behavior.
kalopsianounThe delusion of things being more beautiful than they are.
space perceptionnoun(psychology) The awareness of the position, size, form, distance, and direction of an object, or of oneself
transceptionnounThe process of transceiving.
cognitive parallaxnoun(philosophy) philosophical phenomenon described as the dislocation of the axis of the theoretical construction of a thinker and the axis of his lived experience; discrepancy between theory and experience
spotlight effectnoun(psychology) The phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.
metaperceptionnounmetacognition of a perception
pseudomentalizingnounA mild form of hypermentalizing
macrokinesisnoun(biology, physiology) The relatively large-scale movement of nutrients around an organism
petite perceptionnoun(psychology) A sensation (sight, sound, etc) that is perceived but not registered because it is too insignificant, such as the sound of each raindrop hitting a roof.
kappa effectnounA temporal perceptual illusion that can arise when observers judge the elapsed time between sensory stimuli applied sequentially at different locations. Subjects tend to overestimate the time between stimuli when the distance between the stimuli is large, and to underestimate the time when the distance is small.
exteriorisationnounA mental awareness of the form of something that cannot be directly visualized.
chronesthesianounThe awareness of the passage of time, and of the past and future
time dilationnoun(relativity) The slowing of the passage of time experienced by objects in motion relative to an observer (measurable only at relativistic speeds), or due to being in a gravitational well.
pinocchio illusionnoun(psychology) The illusion of proprioception that one's nose is growing longer.
hyperrealitynoun(semiotics, philosophy) The inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures.
reality distortion fieldnoun(idiomatic) The persuasive ability of a leader or entrepreneur, especially in misleading or convincing others in order to promote a product or service.
intermetamorphosisnounA delusional syndrome, related to agnosia, in which the patient believes he/she can see others changing from one person into another.
anorthoscopic perceptionnoun(rare, cognitive science) Perception, especially visual perception, that does not immediately follow from what is actually sensed, such as perception of an entire object only a part of which is seen at a time.
perky effectnounThe phenomenon whereby sensory input, or perceptions, can be mistaken for a mental image when perceptual processes and mental imagery interfere with each other.

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