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[[File:Alice_par_John_Tenniel_11.png|thumbnail|300px|'''Alice''' by '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll Lewis Caroll]''' - This illustration depicts a scene from Alice in Wonderland in which she has grown in size. It is an accurate representation of how it often feels to experience this effect.]]

Feelings of suddenly having an impossibly giant or tiny body are also a very common manifestation of this effect. This feeling is already known by the scientific literature as “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_syndrome Alice in Wonderland Syndrome]”, where it is seen as a temporary condition often associated with migraines, brain tumours, and the use of psychoactive drugs.<ref name="LSD_AIWS" /><ref name="Blom2016">{{cite journal|last1=Blom|first1=Jan Dirk|title=Alice in Wonderland syndrome|journal=Neurology: Clinical Practice|volume=6|issue=3|year=2016|pages=259–270|issn=2163-0402|doi=10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000251}}</ref> The effect can either be attributed to the body as a whole or specific parts of it. For example, feelings of having a huge head or tiny limbs are possible.</onlyinclude>

Lilliputian hallucinations, also known as microptic or diminutive hallucinations, are a form of [[autonomous entity]] characterized by their small size.<ref name="Blom2021">Blom, J. D. (2021). Leroy’s elusive little people: A systematic review on lilliputian hallucinations. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.03.002</ref> They are occasionally accompanied by enormous beings of a similar sort, also known as gulliverian or brobdingnagian hallucinations.