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Quick Reference: A visual illusion of apparent movement created by gazing for a period of time at a fixed point in a waterfall and then looking at a stationary object, which appears to move upwards. The illusion was first discussed in print by the Greek philosopher Aristotle in the Parva Naturalia in the essay "On Dreams."