sensory isolation
No external stimuli
Sensory isolation is the deliberate reduction or elimination of external stimuli—light, sound, touch, smell.
The term covers therapeutic practices like float tanks, where people suspend in warm saltwater in darkness, as well as interrogation techniques and psychological experiments.
Extended sensory isolation can induce hallucinations, anxiety, or altered states of consciousness.
She tried sensory isolation to relieve chronic stress.
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- tankLarge storage vessel
- darknessTotal absence of light
- pitch blackTotal absence of light
silence · dead silence · white noise · void · stillness · weightless · anechoic · chamber · solitude · numb · muffled · blindfold · earplugs · cut off · disconnected · floating · womb · meditation
sensory isolationsensory overload
Excessive simultaneous stimulation
overstimulation · hyperstimulation · information overload · cacophony
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