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Sensory experiences that occur without an external sensory stimulus are called ____________.

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Hallucination

Step-by-step explanation:

Hallucination are defined by the idea that a situation / a scenario exists which in reality does not exists. In extreme situations hallucinations may also lead a person to smell or touch things that do not exist. Hallucinations are mostly caused by mental illnesses or a breakdown of the nervous system.

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Answer:

Sensory experiences that occur without external sensory stimulus are called hallucinations.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Hallucinations are perceptions that one experience, of feeling, touching and even interacting with something that does not exist.
  • With something that is only an imagination and has got no physical form.
  • Therefore the above sensory experience falls into this category because it has got no physical stimulus.
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