Sensory deprivation
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Sensory deprivation is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses. Simple devices such as blindfolds or hoods and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing respectively, while more complex devices can also cut off the sense of smell, touch, taste, thermoception (heat-sense), and 'gravity'. Sensory deprivation has been used in various alternative medicines and in psychological experiments (e.g., see Isolation tank), and for torture or punishment.
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See also
- Sensory deprivation examples in media
- Sensory overload
- Apophenia
- Enhanced interrogation techniques
- Human experimentation in the United States
- Ganzfeld effect
- Ganzfeld experiment
- Johnny Got His Gun
- Prisoner's cinema
- Dark retreat
- THX 1138
- John C. Lilly
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