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{{#ev:gfycat|https://zippy.gfycat.com/IdleIcyIcelandgull.webm|300x400|right|'''White Wolf Drinking Water''' by '''[[Anonymous]]''' - This animated .gif serves as an image example for a very common manifestation of [[psychedelic]] visual drifting which is specifically in the form of [[Visual drifting#Flowing|flowing]].|frame}} | {{#ev:gfycat|https://zippy.gfycat.com/IdleIcyIcelandgull.webm|300x400|right|'''White Wolf Drinking Water''' by '''[[Anonymous]]''' - This animated .gif serves as an image example for a very common manifestation of [[psychedelic]] visual drifting which is specifically in the form of [[Visual drifting#Flowing|flowing]].|frame}} | ||
'''Drifting''' is the experience of the texture, shape, and general structure of objects and scenery appearing progressively warped, melted, and morphed across themselves.<ref>Muthukumaraswamy | '''Drifting''' is the experience of the texture, shape, and general structure of objects and scenery appearing progressively warped, melted, and morphed across themselves.<ref name="MuthukumaraswamyCarhart-Harris2013">{{cite journal|last1=Muthukumaraswamy|first1=S. D.|last2=Carhart-Harris|first2=R. L.|last3=Moran|first3=R. J.|last4=Brookes|first4=M. J.|last5=Williams|first5=T. M.|last6=Errtizoe|first6=D.|last7=Sessa|first7=B.|last8=Papadopoulos|first8=A.|last9=Bolstridge|first9=M.|last10=Singh|first10=K. D.|last11=Feilding|first11=A.|last12=Friston|first12=K. J.|last13=Nutt|first13=D. J.|title=Broadband Cortical Desynchronization Underlies the Human Psychedelic State|journal=Journal of Neuroscience|volume=33|issue=38|year=2013|pages=15171–15183|issn=0270-6474|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2063-13.2013}}</ref><ref name="KleinmanGillin1977">{{cite journal|last1=Kleinman|first1=J. E.|last2=Gillin|first2=J. C.|last3=Wyatt|first3=R. J.|title=A Comparison of the Phenomenology of Hallucinogens and Schizophrenia From Some Autobiographical Accounts*|journal=Schizophrenia Bulletin|volume=3|issue=4|year=1977|pages=560–586|issn=0586-7614|doi=10.1093/schbul/3.4.560}}</ref><ref name="BersaniCorazza2014">{{cite journal|last1=Bersani|first1=Francesco Saverio|last2=Corazza|first2=Ornella|last3=Albano|first3=Gabriella|last4=Valeriani|first4=Giuseppe|last5=Santacroce|first5=Rita|last6=Bolzan Mariotti Posocco|first6=Flaminia|last7=Cinosi|first7=Eduardo|last8=Simonato|first8=Pierluigi|last9=Martinotti|first9=Giovanni|last10=Bersani|first10=Giuseppe|last11=Schifano|first11=Fabrizio|title=25C-NBOMe: Preliminary Data on Pharmacology, Psychoactive Effects, and Toxicity of a New Potent and Dangerous Hallucinogenic Drug|journal=BioMed Research International|volume=2014|year=2014|pages=1–6|issn=2314-6133|doi=10.1155/2014/734749}}</ref> These alterations gradually increase in intensity as a person stares, but are temporary and will reset to their normal appearance the moment a person double takes. | ||
This effect is capable of manifesting itself across the 4 different levels of intensity described below: | This effect is capable of manifesting itself across the 4 different levels of intensity described below: | ||
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#'''All-encompassing''' - At the highest level of visual drifting, the intensity becomes powerful enough to distort not just specific objects, but every single point of a person's vision and the entirety of the external environment. This creates the appearance of an extremely smudged, warped, and blended mass of unrecognisable visual data. | #'''All-encompassing''' - At the highest level of visual drifting, the intensity becomes powerful enough to distort not just specific objects, but every single point of a person's vision and the entirety of the external environment. This creates the appearance of an extremely smudged, warped, and blended mass of unrecognisable visual data. | ||
Drifting is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[symmetrical texture repetition]] and [[tracers]].<ref>Papoutsis | Drifting is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[symmetrical texture repetition]] and [[tracers]].<ref name="BersaniCorazza2014"/><ref name="PapoutsisNikolaou2014">{{cite journal|last1=Papoutsis|first1=Ioannis|last2=Nikolaou|first2=Panagiota|last3=Stefanidou|first3=Maria|last4=Spiliopoulou|first4=Chara|last5=Athanaselis|first5=Sotiris|title=25B-NBOMe and its precursor 2C-B: modern trends and hidden dangers|journal=Forensic Toxicology|volume=33|issue=1|year=2014|pages=1–11|issn=1860-8965|doi=10.1007/s11419-014-0242-9}}</ref> It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of certain [[stimulants]] and [[dissociatives]] such as [[MDMA]] or [[3-MeO-PCP]]. | ||
The particular style of this visual effect depends on the specific continuously changing direction, speed, and rhythm of the distortion. This results in a small variety of different manifestations which are defined and listed below: | The particular style of this visual effect depends on the specific continuously changing direction, speed, and rhythm of the distortion. This results in a small variety of different manifestations which are defined and listed below: | ||