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The visual phenomenon of seeing colours, which may resolve into human or other figures, when kept in darkness or otherwise deprived of visual stimulation.

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prisoner's cinema

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prisoner's cinema

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視覚刺激の欠如した状態で、暗闇などにおいて色が現れ、それが人間の姿やその他の形状に変化する現象

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During long blackouts, many prisoners reported experiencing the prisoner's cinema, a flickering entoptic phenomenon in which colours and indistinct human-like figures appear when the eyes are deprived of visual input.

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長時間の停電の間、多くの囚人は、暗闇など視覚刺激が奪われたときに色が見えたり、ぼんやりと人のような姿が現れたりする視覚現象を経験したと報告した。

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