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Illusions of Self-Motion

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Illusions of self-motion, also called vection, occur when a person perceives bodily motion despite no actual movement taking place. A person can experience illusory movement of the whole body, or of individual body parts such as the arms or legs, purely as a perceptual effect rather than a real physical displacement.

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Perceptual Phenomenon 1
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1. Wikipedia: Illusions of self-motion
en.wikipedia.org: Illusions of self-motion
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