sensory distortion
Misread sensory input
Sensory distortion is any alteration in how the senses perceive reality—things may appear larger, smaller, brighter, slower, or otherwise changed from their actual state.
The term appears in discussions of drugs, mental illness, sleep deprivation, and neurological conditions: The medication caused mild sensory distortion.
Distinct from hallucination, which involves perceiving things that aren't there at all.
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- vertigoSensation of spinning
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- tunnel visionInability to see periphery
- blurLack of sharpness
seeing double · warped · psychedelic · trip · haze · static · white noise · tingling · echo · surreal · dreamlike · kaleidoscope · numbness · dissociation · out of body · afterimage · synesthesia · phantom