Evaluating sensory regulation as a method to improve awareness in patients with altered states of consciousness: A pilot study
Rodger Wood, T. B. Winkowski, Jennifer Miller, L Tierney, L. Goldman
Brain Injury 1992 DOI: 10.3109/02699059209008137 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Controlled pilot study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 8 |
| Population | Patients undergoing sensory intervention (four in a sensory regulated environment, four exposed to unregulated sensory stimulation) |
| Intervention | Sensory regulation |
| Topics | Altered states of consciousness Philosophy of mind |
| Citations | 58 |
| Key points | The authors propose that prior null results for sensory intervention may reflect an inappropriate model rather than the intervention itself. In this pilot comparison, outcomes for four patients in a sensory regulated environment were described as encouraging relative to four patients given unregulated sensory stimulation. |
Abstract
The status of sensory stimulation as a clinical procedure is still in some doubt. Recent papers have shown no significant clinical changes as a result of sensory intervention but this may be due to an inappropriate model on which these procedures were based. This paper outlines the results of a controlled pilot study, based on a sensory regulation model currently being tested at the Casa Colina Peninsula Rehabilitation Center, Los Angeles. The study contrasts the outcome of four patients treated in a sensory regulated environment with four who were exposed to sensory stimulation of an unregulated kind. The results are quite encouraging in favour of a sensory regulation approach.
Comparable studies
Other non-randomized and open-label trials on altered states of consciousness, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altered states of consciousness within therapeutic modalities - exploring commonalities of experience Trainers, practitioners, and clients from Hypnotherapy, Past-life Regression, Internal... | 2022 | Qualitative Grounded Theory pilot study | n = 12 |
| Altered States of Consciousness during Exercise, Active-Alert Hypnosis, and Everyday Waking State. Runners, spinning-class participants, active-alert hypnosis subjects, and students in a... | 2022 | Retrospective nonrandomized comparison | n = 375 |
| Development, implementation and evaluation of Altered States of Consciousness: an immersive art exhibition designed to increase public awareness of psychotic experiences Visitors to an immersive art exhibition | 2019 | Pilot study | n = 150 |
| Altered States of Consciousness: Evaluation of a voice‐hearing simulation during an immersive art exhibition Visitors to an art gallery and the London Underground | 2018 | Pilot study | n = 150 |