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[[File:Tunnelling.gif|250px|thumbnail|right|''Album art by [http://leifpodhajsky.tumblr.com/post/53186279452/gif-album-art-by-leif-podhajsky-for-innerspeaker Leif Podhajsky]'' for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innerspeaker Innerspeaker] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tame_Impala Tame Impala]. This image serves as an accurate replication of visual recursion manifesting over a natural landscape.]] | [[File:Tunnelling.gif|250px|thumbnail|right|''Album art by [http://leifpodhajsky.tumblr.com/post/53186279452/gif-album-art-by-leif-podhajsky-for-innerspeaker Leif Podhajsky]'' for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innerspeaker Innerspeaker] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tame_Impala Tame Impala]. This image serves as an accurate replication of visual recursion manifesting over a natural landscape.]] | ||
'''Recursion''' is a visual distortion which partially to completely alters the appearance of one's external environment by repeating specific sections of itself across itself in a self-similar fashion. It results in the appearance of fractal-like patterns which often zoom into or away from the original image. This effect typically occurs spontaneously and rarely sustains itself for more than several seconds. | '''Recursion''' is defined as a visual distortion which partially to completely alters the appearance of one's external environment by repeating specific sections of itself across itself in a self-similar fashion. It results in the appearance of fractal-like patterns which often zoom into or away from the original image. This effect typically occurs spontaneously and rarely sustains itself for more than several seconds. | ||
Recursion is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. | Recursion is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. | ||
====Image examples==== | ====Image examples==== | ||
{{Gallery|[[Effect::Recursion]]}}</onlyinclude> | {{Gallery|[[Effect::Recursion]][[Category:Replication]]}}</onlyinclude> | ||
===Psychoactive substances=== | ===Psychoactive substances=== | ||
Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | ||
{{#ask:[[Category:Psychoactive substance]][[Effect::Recursion]]|format=ul|Columns=2}} | {{#ask:[[Category:Psychoactive substance]][[Effect::Recursion]]|format=ul|Columns=2}} | ||
===Experience reports=== | |||
Annectdotal reports which describe this effect with our [[experience index]] include: | |||
{{#ask:[[Category:Experience]][[Effect::Recursion]]|format=ul|Columns=2}} | |||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
*[[Responsible use]] | *[[Responsible use]] | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect Droste effect (Wikipedia)] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect Droste effect (Wikipedia)] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion Recursion (wikipedia)] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion Recursion (wikipedia)] | ||
[[Category:Sensory]] [[Category:Visual]] [[Category:Distortion]] [[Category:Effect]] | [[Category:Sensory]] | ||
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[[Category:Distortion]] | |||
[[Category:Effect]] | |||
{{#set:Featured=true | {{#set:Featured=true | ||
|Belongs to=Visual effects | |Belongs to=Visual effects | ||
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