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<onlyinclude>'''Spatial disorientation''' is the | <onlyinclude>'''Spatial disorientation''' is defined as the failure to perceive or perceiving incorrectly the position, motion, or altitude of oneself within the fixed coordinate system provided by the surface of the Earth and the gravitational vertical.<ref>Cheung, B. (2013). Spatial disorientation: more than just illusion. ''Aviation, space, and environmental medicine'', ''84''(11), 1211-1214. https://doi.org/10.3357/ASEM.3657.2013</ref> In this state, a person may have trouble distinguishing up from down, right from left, or any two different directions from another. The person might also perceive the world or their own body as being flipped sideways or upside down. | ||
Spatial disorientation is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[holes, spaces and voids]], [[changes in felt gravity]],<ref>Espiard, M. L., Lecardeur, L., Abadie, P., Halbecq, I., & Dollfus, S. (2005). Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study. European Psychiatry, 20(5), 458-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.008</ref> and [[dizziness]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[dissociative]] compounds, such as [[ketamine]], [[PCP]], and [[DXM]]. | Spatial disorientation is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[holes, spaces and voids]], [[changes in felt gravity]],<ref>Espiard, M. L., Lecardeur, L., Abadie, P., Halbecq, I., & Dollfus, S. (2005). Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study. European Psychiatry, 20(5), 458-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.008</ref> and [[dizziness]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[dissociative]] compounds, such as [[ketamine]], [[PCP]], and [[DXM]]. | ||
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===External links=== | ===External links=== | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_disorientation Spatial disorientation (Wikipedia)] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_disorientation Spatial disorientation (Wikipedia)] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agraphesthesia Agraphesthesia (Wikipedia)] | |||
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