Touch illusion
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Touch illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch.
An example of a touch illusion is the contingent after-effect. When the thumb and forefinger are slid repeatedly along the edge of a wedge, a rectangular block then handled in the same manner will feel deformed.
Moving with index and middle finger crossed along an edge feels like two parallel edges.
If a person wears a baseball cap for a long period of time and then takes it off, it may still be felt.
If a person pushes outwards with their hands against something for a while, then stops, it will feel as if there is something stopping the person's hands from closing together. Similarly, if a person pulls outwards with their arms, for example pulling their pants outwards, then stops, it will feel as if something is keeping their hands from staying at their sides.
If a person is lying on his/her stomach with arms stretched in front and another person raises his/her arms about 2 feet off of the ground and holds them there for approximately one minute, with the person on the ground having his/her eyes closed and head hanging, then slowly lowers the arms to the ground, it will feel as if the arms are going below the ground.
Another is a physiological illusion where with one hand immersed in cold water and the other in hot and then both in lukewarm, the lukewarm water will feel both hot and cold.