Trance practice and well-being measures: the case of Auto-Induced Cognitive Trance
medRxiv July 17, 2026 Amandine Fernandez, Alexandre Foncelle, Hélène Meunier et al.
Introduction Auto-Induced Cognitive Trance (AICT) is a non-ordinary state of consciousness (NOSC) that can be accessed by will alone once a standardised self-induction procedure has been learnt. The first research publication on AICT dates back only ten years, meaning that research on this phenomenon is still in its infancy. Previous reports concerning the phenomenology and neurophysiology of...