Emotional illusion

Japanese: 感動錯覚 - かんどうさっかく
Emotional illusion

…(7)These physiological illusions occur even in a calm psychological state, but there are illusions that occur in special psychological states. For example, when you feel a strong sense of fear and think that the swaying ears of silver grass in the dark are ghosts, this is called an “emotional illusion,” and disappears when you return to a calm psychological state.
[Pathological optical illusions]
Some optical illusions occur in pathological conditions.

From [Illusion]

...Some misidentifications of people are due to this type of illusion, and they often occur in psychotic states accompanied by mild disturbances of consciousness. (2) When we are deeply moved, for example, when we are walking along a scary road at night, we mistake the trees for a human figure, or when we are home alone, we perceive the sound of the wind as the presence of a person. In this case, it appears that way even if we try to make a judgment by fixing our attention. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "emotional illusion" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(7)これらの生理的錯視は冷静な心理状態でも起こるが,特別の心理状態のとき起こる錯視がある。たとえば恐怖感の強いときに暗がりの中でススキの穂が揺れるのを幽霊と思うのは〈感動錯覚〉といわれ,冷静な心理状態になると消滅する。
[病的な視覚性錯覚]
 視覚性錯覚のなかには病的状態のときに出現するものがある。…

【錯覚】より

…人物誤認のなかにはこの種の錯覚によるものがあり,軽い意識障害を伴った精神病状態のときによく出現することがある。(2)感動時,たとえば夜道を怖い思いをしながら歩いているとき木立を人間の姿と思い込んだり,ひとりで留守番をしているとき風の音を人のいる気配に感じとってしまう感動錯覚。この場合,注意を固定して判断しようとしてもそう見えてしまう。…

※「感動錯覚」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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