Health benefits from Sensory Deprivation

Sensory deprivation is an aspect of psychological study popularised between the 1950’s and 1970’s. While early sensory deprivation experimentation was done mostly with what is now scientifically called chamber-REST, meaning resting in a bed or chair within a sound free and light proof room, the aspect of recent research has been with the newly popularised floatation-REST method.

Floatation-REST involves floatation within a sound and light proof pod, where the water within the tank induces floatation through a 50% water to Magnesium sulphate solution, which induces buoyancy of the human body. Further added to this, floatation tanks (also known as sensory deprivation …read more