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'''Time distortion''' is an effect that makes the passage of time feel difficult to keep track of and wildly distorted. It is usually felt in two different forms, time expansion and time compression. These two forms are described and documented below:

====Time dilation====

===Time dilation===

Time dilation can be described as the feeling that time has slowed down. This commonly occurs during intense hallucinogenic experiences and seems to at least partially stem from the fact that during an intense trip, abnormally large amounts of experience are felt in very short periods of time. This can create the illusion that more time has passed than actually has. For example, at the end of certain experiences one may feel that they have subjectively undergone days, weeks, months, years or even infinite periods of time.

Studies have demonstrated that [[psilocin]], the active compound in psychedelic [[Psilocin#Psilocybin mushrooms|mushrooms]], significantly impairs subjects' ability to gauge time intervals longer than 2.~~5 seconds~~, impairs their ability to synchronize to inter-beat intervals longer than ~~2 seconds~~, and reduces their "preferred" tapping rate.<ref>Effects of varied doses of psilocybin on time interval reproduction in human subjects (sciencedirect.com) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394008001791</ref><ref>Chem Lab: Shrooms Make Time Feel Slower | https://www.wired.com/2008/02/chem-lab-shroom/</ref> These results are consistent with the drug's role in affecting prefrontal cortex activity, and the role that the prefrontal cortex is known to play in time perception.{{citation needed}}

Time dilation is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[delusions]], [[thought loops]], [[novelty enhancement]], and [[internal hallucinations]] in a manner which may lead one into perceiving a disproportionately large number of events considering the amount of time that has actually passed in the real world. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#heavy|heavy]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[dissociative|dissociatives]], [[deliriant|deliriants]], and [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]].

====Analysis====

Studies have demonstrated that [[psilocin]], the active compound in psychedelic [[Psilocin#Psilocybin mushrooms|mushrooms]], significantly impairs subjects' ability to gauge time intervals longer than 2.5 seconds, impairs their ability to synchronize to inter-beat intervals longer than 2 seconds, and reduces their "preferred" tapping rate.<ref>Effects of varied doses of psilocybin on time interval reproduction in human subjects (sciencedirect.com) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394008001791</ref><ref>Chem Lab: Shrooms Make Time Feel Slower | https://www.wired.com/2008/02/chem-lab-shroom/</ref> These results are consistent with the drug's role in affecting prefrontal cortex activity, and the role that the prefrontal cortex is known to play in time perception.{{citation needed}}

Time dilation is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[delusions]], [[thought loops]], [[novelty enhancement]], and [[internal hallucinations]] in a manner which may lead one into perceiving a disproportionately large number of events considering the amount of time that has actually passed in the real world. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#heavy|heavy]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[dissociative|dissociatives]], [[deliriant|deliriants]], and [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]].

====Time compression====

Time compression can be described as the experience of time speeding up and passing much quicker than it usually would while sober. For example, during this state one may realize that an entire evening has passed them by in what feels only a couple of hours.

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 '''Time distortion''' is an effect that makes the passage of time feel difficult to keep track of and wildly distorted. It is usually felt in two different forms, time expansion and time compression. These two forms are described and documented below:
-====Time dilation====
+===Time dilation===
 Time dilation can be described as the feeling that time has slowed down. This commonly occurs during intense hallucinogenic experiences and seems to at least partially stem from the fact that during an intense trip, abnormally large amounts of experience are felt in very short periods of time. This can create the illusion that more time has passed than actually has. For example, at the end of certain experiences one may feel that they have subjectively undergone days, weeks, months, years or even infinite periods of time.
-Studies have demonstrated that [[psilocin]], the active compound in psychedelic [[Psilocin#Psilocybin mushrooms|mushrooms]], significantly impairs subjects' ability to gauge time intervals longer than 2.5 seconds, impairs their ability to synchronize to inter-beat intervals longer than 2 seconds, and reduces their "preferred" tapping rate.<ref>Effects of varied doses of psilocybin on time interval reproduction in human subjects (sciencedirect.com) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394008001791</ref><ref>Chem Lab: Shrooms Make Time Feel Slower | https://www.wired.com/2008/02/chem-lab-shroom/</ref> These results are consistent with the drug's role in affecting prefrontal cortex activity, and the role that the prefrontal cortex is known to play in time perception.{{citation needed}}
+Time dilation is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[delusions]], [[thought loops]], [[novelty enhancement]], and [[internal hallucinations]] in a manner which may lead one into perceiving a disproportionately large number of events considering the amount of time that has actually passed in the real world. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#heavy|heavy]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[dissociative|dissociatives]], [[deliriant|deliriants]], and [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]].
+====Analysis====
+Studies have demonstrated that [[psilocin]], the active compound in psychedelic [[Psilocin#Psilocybin mushrooms|mushrooms]], significantly impairs subjects' ability to gauge time intervals longer than 2.5 seconds, impairs their ability to synchronize to inter-beat intervals longer than 2 seconds, and reduces their "preferred" tapping rate.<ref>Effects of varied doses of psilocybin on time interval reproduction in human subjects (sciencedirect.com) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394008001791</ref><ref>Chem Lab: Shrooms Make Time Feel Slower | https://www.wired.com/2008/02/chem-lab-shroom/</ref> These results are consistent with the drug's role in affecting prefrontal cortex activity, and the role that the prefrontal cortex is known to play in time perception.{{citation needed}}
-Time dilation is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[delusions]], [[thought loops]], [[novelty enhancement]], and [[internal hallucinations]] in a manner which may lead one into perceiving a disproportionately large number of events considering the amount of time that has actually passed in the real world. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#heavy|heavy]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[dissociative|dissociatives]], [[deliriant|deliriants]], and [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]].
 ====Time compression====
 Time compression can be described as the experience of time speeding up and passing much quicker than it usually would while sober. For example, during this state one may realize that an entire evening has passed them by in what feels only a couple of hours.