@article {Kjellgren:2004:0301-2212:103,
title = "ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS IN FLOTATION-REST AND CHAMBER-REST: EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIMENTAL PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE STRESS",
journal = "Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal",
parent_itemid = "infobike://sbp/sbp",
publishercode ="sbp",
year = "2004",
volume = "32",
number = "2",
publication date ="2004-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "103-115",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0301-2212",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sbp/sbp/2004/00000032/00000002/art00001",
doi = "doi:10.2224/sbp.2004.32.2.103",
author = "Kjellgren, Anette and Sundequist, Ulf and Sundholm, Ulla and Norlander, Torsten and Archer, Trevor",
abstract = "Twenty-three sportsmen were given one 45-minute exposure to flotation-REST and one exposure to chamber-REST on two occasions, incorporating random assignment to either flotation-REST followed by chamber-REST or vice versa. On each occasion, the Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique
(REST) procedure was followed immediately by testing experimentally induced pain to one arm using a blood pressure cuff. It was found that flotation-REST induced a significantly higher degree of altered states of consciousness (ASC), as measured with an instrument assessing experienced deviation
from normal state (EDN), than did chamber-REST. Participants experiencing High EDN in the flotation-REST condition reported higher levels of both experienced pain and experienced stress than did those experiencing Low EDN. These results suggest that the particular
distinguishing features of flotation-REST and chamber-REST may cause selective deviations from normal levels of consciousness, under experimental conditions, that may underlie the subjective experience of pain and stress thresholds.",
}