sensory deprivation

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motivation

  • Sigmund Freud
    In motivation: Applications in society

    In many cultures, deprivation cannot be used so readily with human beings as it can be with other animals, although there are many human examples. Thus, some success has been reported in effecting desired behaviour in the classroom by depriving children of some of their recess time when…

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perception

  • In time perception: Sensory deprivation and hypnosis

    Relatively complete sensory deprivation (such as may be experienced, for example, by persons undergoing prolonged stays in experimental isolation chambers) compresses the experience of time to the point that short or long intervals (from about a minute to a day) seem…

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  • Honoré Daumier: caricature
    In hallucination: Sensory deprivation

    When people are kept in isolation (sensory deprivation), information input via the senses (such as hearing and sight) is reduced. A person who remains alert during a period of sensory deprivation is likely to experience vivid fantasies and, perhaps, hallucinations. A slight amount…

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