'distort perception' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe how someone's belief or judgement can be impacted by outside influences. For example, "The media can often distort perception and shape our opinions."
Where psychoanalysis is keen to unpack a patient's past — especially those aspects of the past that distort perception in the present — Zen dwells on awareness in the present.
But when an action is not as successful as intended, the expected causal link between intention and action may distort perception of the action itself.
"I'm very interested in peppering the work with potentials, moments of narrative that keep giving some anchors for meaning," Mr. McGregor said, "but using those to distort perception".
That indeterminacy, at odds with the certainties of the Victorian era, is echoed in descriptions that distort perception: while the narrative often describes people, buildings, and natural objects as featureless forms, Rachel, in dreams and then delirium, journeys into surrealistic worlds.
Attwood suspected that the shape of a beer glass, which can give the appearance of different volumes to the same amount of liquid, might also distort perception of how much alcohol is being consumed.
Over 150 cognitive biases distort perception and accuracy.
But those animosities should not be allowed to dominate or distort perceptions of the Scots, or of Scottish culture.
His architectonic facades include protruding glass fins that amplify reflections of the street, mirrors that distort perceptions and fretted, textured glass played against the severe geometry of steel.
Worse still, they distort perceptions of what proper mathematical research is about and do not inform on what amazing contributions mathematics can make to society".
That seems obvious enough, but it's amazing how the psychology of crowds can affect and distort perceptions of value.
Self-promotion, for example, is a valuable skill, but it benefits everyone to realize how much it can distort perceptions of quality.
