Neurotechnologies
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks March 3, 2022 DOI: 10.2174/9789815036459122010011 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Key findings | Proposes that neurotechnology can both induce and measure altered states of consciousness for use in transpersonal psychotherapy. |
Abstract
For decades, altered states of consciousness have been used as a form ofpsychotherapy in transpersonal psychology. Although there are well-known techniquesfor inducing altered states of consciousness, such as holotropic breathwork,neurotechnology provides an alternative method for not only generating these states fortranspersonal therapy but also for measuring the level of a state of consciousness. Thegoal of this chapter is to provide a review of the fundamental concepts ofneurotechnology as well as the technologies that can be used to induce and measurealtered states of consciousness for transpersonal psychotherapy.