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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 engulfed in a concept, setting, task, or any other visual/auditory stimuli such as music, movies, and various other forms of media.<ref>http://humanfactors.com/funexperiences.asp</ref> 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 aswell as complete submersion replacing the external enviroment and the entire field of vision with the stimulus present.<ref>http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.2044-8325.1995.tb00576.x</ref> This effect is also known as the psychological concept flow and has been widely researched and referenced across a variety of fields and cultures 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> | fully engulfed in a concept, setting, task, or any other visual/auditory stimuli such as music, movies, and various other forms of media.<ref>http://humanfactors.com/funexperiences.asp</ref> 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 aswell as complete submersion replacing the external enviroment and the entire field of vision with the stimulus present.<ref>http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.2044-8325.1995.tb00576.x</ref> This effect is also known as the psychological concept flow and has been widely researched and referenced across a variety of fields and cultures 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> | ||