The Visual Components of a Psychedelic Experience
Increased visual acuity:
Visual acuity is defined by the medical literature as acuteness or clearness of vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain.
The lowest reported level of psychedelic hallucination is a sharp increase in visual acuity which can be described as a new found ability to comprehend the entire visual field at once, including the peripheral vision. In comparison, during sober living human vision is only able to perceive the small area that a persons eye is currently focused on. This sharp increase in the level of visual detail attributed to the external environment is consistently heightened to the point where the edges of objects become extremely focused, clear and defined.
Enhancement of colour:
Alongside the above effect it is consistently reported that during a low level psychedelic experience, colours start to stand out more, becoming extremely bright and vivid. Reds will seem “Redder”, Greens will seem “Greener” and all colours will be become much more distinct, powerful and intense than they usually are during every day sober living.
A consistent way to reproduce this visual is to be outside in nature.
Enhanced pattern recognition:
This visual effect does not necessarily change the appearance of the external environment but rather the level of detail in which it is perceived in. During even a very low dose trip it is common for people to suddenly notice patterns and textures that they may have never previously appreciated or even paid any attention to whatsoever. For example when looking at sceneries, nature, a carpet, a pavement or tree bark the complexity and beauty of the visual input suddenly becomes overwhelmingly obvious.
As a result of this enhanced pattern recognition, a person’s sense of Pareidolia is also increased many times over. Pareidolia is the brains ability to recognize significant imagery (usually faces) in almost any vague stimuli. Common examples of this in day to day sober life include spotting faces in everyday objects, and viewing clouds as fantastical objects. This is an innate ability of pattern recognition for humans that is increased dramatically during a psychedelic experience.
The article is very expansive so that is just a taste.
The photos and there are many are to me extremely accurate .
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There are 3 different sections, in the article
The visual components of a psychedelic experience.
The cognitive components of a psychedelic experience.
The miscellaneous components of a psychedelic experience.
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