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'''Immersion enhancement''' is an effect which can be described as a pronounced increase in one's ability to become | '''Immersion enhancement''' is an effect which can be described as a pronounced increase in one's ability to become | ||
fully immersed in a concept, setting, task, or other visual or auditory stimuli such as music, movies, and various forms of media. This effect is very common in its manifestation with psychedelics and dissociatives and can increase to a level of intensity resulting in complete focus-based ego loss | fully immersed in a concept, setting, task, or other visual or auditory stimuli such as music, movies, and various forms of media. This effect is very common in its manifestation with psychedelics and dissociatives and can increase to a level of intensity resulting in complete focus-based ego loss and total engulfment even replacing the external enviroment and submerging entire field of vision with the stimulus present. This effect is also known as the psychological concept flow and has been widely referenced across a variety of fields for thousands of years (notably in some eastern religions).<ref> Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-06-016253-5. Retrieved 10 November 2013.</ref> | ||
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