Float Research List
A huge thank you to the team from Float Tank Solutions for this evolving list of research:
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Adams, H. B. | Arousability and the Nature of Alcohol and Substance Abuse | 1988 | |
Adams, H. B. | Therapeutic Potentialities of Sensory Deprivation Procedures | International Mental Health Research Newspaper 6(4), 7-9 | 1964 |
Adams, H.B. | The Incredible History of REST Technology | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.11 -28. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press | 1990 |
Adams, H. B. | Effects of reduced stimulation on institutionalized adult patients | In P. Suedfeld, Restricted Environmental Stimulation.” Research and Clinical Applications. New York: Wiley, pp. 320-364. |
1980 |
Adams, H. B. | Studies in REST III: REST, Arousability and the nature of alcohol and substance abuse | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 5, 77-81 | 1988 |
Adams, H. B. | Studies in REST: Arousability and the nature of alcohol and substance abuse | Report for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service | 1987 |
Adams, H. B. Robertson, M. H., Cooper, G. D. | Facilitating Therapeutic personality change in patients by sensory deprivation. | Paper presented at the International Congress of Psychology | 1963 |
Adams, H. B., Cooper, G. D., & Carrerra, R. N. | Individual differences in behavioral reactions of psychiatric patients to brief partial sensory deprivation | Perceptual and Motor Skills, 34, 199-217 | 1972 |
Adams, H. B., Cooper, G. D., & Scott, J. C. | REST and reduced alcohol consumption | Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on REST | 1987 |
Åsenlöf, K., Olsson, S., Bood, S. Å., & Norlander, T. | Case studies on fibromyalgia and burn-out depression using psychotherapy in combination with flotation-REST: Personality development and increased well-being. | Imagination, Cognition and Personality |
2007 |
Atkinson R. | Short-Term Exposure to REST: Enhancement Performance on a Signal-Detection Task. |
Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives. pp.93-100. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
1993 |
Atkinson, Richard | Short-Term Exposure to REST: Enhanced Performance on a Signal-Detection Task | Selected Papers from Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation, p. 93-100 | N/A |
Azima, H., Vispo, R.; Azima, F.J. | Observations on anaclitic therapy during sensory deprivation. |
In P. Solomon, P E. Kubzansky, P. H. Leiderman, J. H. Mendelson, R. Trumbull & D. Wexler, Eds., Sensory Deprivation, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 143-160. |
1961 |
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Baker D.A | The Effects of REST and Hemispheric Synchronization Compared to the Effects of REST and Guided Imagery on the Enhancement of Creativity in Problem-Solving | 2nd International Conference on REST. pp.122-126. Toledo, Ohio: IRIS Publications | 1987 |
Baker D.A | The Use of REST in the Enhancement of Sports Performance-Tennis. Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.181-187. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press |
1990 |
Ballard E. | REST in the Treatment of Persistent Psychophysiological Insomnia | Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments andPerspectives. pp. 187-203 | 1993 |
Barabasz M., Barabasz A. & Dyer R. | Chamber REST Reduces Alcohol Consumption: 3,6, 12 and 24 Hour Sessions | 1993 | |
Barabasz A.F. & Barabasz M. | Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives | 1993 | |
Barabasz, Arreed E. | Effects of Brief and Long Term REST on Conformity of Perception of Figure Inversion | Paper delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado | 1983 |
Barabasz A., Barabasz M., Dyer R. & Rather N. | Effects of Chamber REST, Flotation REST and Relaxation on Transient Mood State | 1993 | |
Barabasz M. & Barabasz A. | REST: A Key Facilitator in the Treatment of Eating Disorders | 1993 | |
Barabasz, A., Barabasz M., Bauman J. | Restricted environmental stimulation technique improves human performance: rifle marksmanship | Perceptual and Motor Skills, 76, 867-873. | 1993 |
Barabasz M. & Barabasz A. | Treatment of Trichotillomania and Smoking with Hypnosis and REST | 1993 | |
Barabasz A.F., Barabasz M. | Controlling Experimental and Situational Demand Variables in Restricted Environmental Stimulation Research | Second International Conference on REST, pp. 110-121 | 1987 |
Barabasz, A. F. | Restricted environmental stimulation and the enhancement of hypnotizability: pain, EEG alpha, skin conductance and temperature responses |
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 30, 147-166. |
1982 |
Barabasz, A.F.; Barabasz, M. | Effects of restricted environmental stimulation: enhancement of hypnotizability for experimental and chronic pain control. | International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis: July 1989; 37(3):217-31. | 1989 |
Barabasz M., O’Neill M. & Scoggin G. | The Physiological Panic Button: New Data | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp. 112-119. | 1990 |
Barabasz M., O’Neill M., Scoggin G. | The Physiological panic Button: New Data | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.112-119. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press. | 1990 |
Barabasz, M.; Barabasz, A.; Darakjy-Jaeger, J.; Justice, T.; Anderson, K.; Trevisan, M. | The Effects of Dry Floatation REST on Hypnotizability, EEG and Skin Conductance in Lighted and Unlighted Conditions | Washington State University, Pullman, WA | NA |
Barabasz, A.; Barabasz, M.; Warner, D.; and Bauman, J. | The Effects of Dry Floatation REST on Marksmanship Performance: More Data | Washington State University, Pullman, WA | NA |
Barabasz, M.; Barabasz, A. | REST Effects on Human Performance | Washington State University, Pullman, WA | NA |
Barabasz M. & Barabasz A. | REST Effects on Human Performance | 6th International REST Conference. San Francisco. |
1997 |
Barabasz, A. F. and Barabasz, M. | The effects of consecutive floats and their timing on premenstrual syndrome; Jessen, Walter.; Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation | 1993 | |
Belden, Allen, and Gregg Jacobs | REST in a Hospital-Based Stress Management Program | Paper delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado | 1983 |
J.A. Best | Satiation and sensory deprivation combined in smoking therapy: Some case studies and unexpected side-effects | International Journal of Addiction, Vol. 12, pp. 337-359 | 1977 |
Bexton, W.H., Heron, W., & Scott, T.H. | Effects of Decreased Variation in the sensory environment | Effects of Canadian Journal of Psychology, 8, 70—76. Copyright 1954. Canadian Psychological Association | 1954 |
Bond J. | To float or not to float… is that the question? How to maximise your use of the Sport Psychology float tanks. | How to maximise your use of the Sport Psychology float tanks. | 1997 |
Bonk, Richard | Altered States: From Fiction to Fact: Introducing the Altered Waking States Induction Method | Wellness Center Etc., Inc. | NA |
Bood, S. Å. | Bending and mending the neurosignature. Frameworks of influence by flotation-REST (Restricted environmental stimulation technique) upon wellbeing in patients with stress related ailments | Doctoral dissertation, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden. ISSN 1403-8099. |
2007 |
Bood, S.A. | Floating Effective for Stress and Pain, Research Suggests | Science Daily (Nov. 6, 2007) | 2007 |
Bood, S. Å., Sundequist, U., Kjellgren, A., Nordström, G., & Norlander, T. | Effects of REST(Restricted Environmental Stimulation technique) on Stress related muscle pain: Are 33 flotationsessions more effective than 12 sessions? | Personality and Behaviour, 35, 143-156 | 2007 |
Bood, S. Å., Sundequist, U., Norlander, T., Nordström, L., Nordenström, K., Kjellgren, A., et al. | Eliciting the relaxation response with help of flotation-REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique) in patients with stress related ailments. |
International Journal of Stress Management, 13, 154-175. | 2006 |
Bood, S. Å., Sundequist, U., Kjellgren, A., Nordström, G., & Norlander, T. |
Effects of flotation-REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique) on stress related muscle pain: What makes the difference in therapy, attention-placebo, or the relaxation response? |
Pain Research and Mangement; 2005 Winter;10(4):201-9. | 2005 |
Borrie R.A. | Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy used in Weight Reduction | 1985 | |
Roderick Borrie, Ph.D. | A Proposal for an International Floatation Project | 2010 | |
Borrie R. | The Benefits of Flotation REST in a Pain Management Program | 1997 | |
Roderick Borrie, Ph.D. | A Proposal for an International Floatation Project | This proposal was developed as a cooperative effort by the participants of the 2010 Floatation Summit in London. That this proposal materialized is a statement of the high level of cooperation that occurred at this meeting. | 2010 |
Roderick Borrie, Ph.D. | Toward Wider Clinical Use of Flotation REST | This paper was presented September 25, 2010 at the 2010 Flotation Summit in London, UK. | 2010 |
Borrie, R.A. | The Benefits of Flotation REST (Restricted Environmental StimulationTherapy) in a Pain Management Program. | 6th International REST Conference. San Francisco. | 1997 |
Borrie, R.A. | The use of restricted environmental stimulation therapy in treating addictive behaviors. | International Journal on Addiction, 1990-91;25(7A-8A):995-1015. | 1990 |
Dr. Roderick Borrie and Dr. Tamara Russell | Floatation REST Therapy Results in Pain Relief and Relaxation for Fibromyalgia Patients | 2011 | |
Borrie R., Dana J., Perry S., & Friedman M. | Flotation REST, Physical Therapy and Psychological Intervention in the Treatment of Physical Disabilities | Clinical and ExperimentalRestricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives. pp. 289-296 | 1993 |
Borrie RA, Suedfeld P. | Restricted environmental stimulation therapy in a weight reduction program | 1980 | |
Brockmeyer, Arthur | Floating and Asthma Reduction: A Case Study and Baseline Study Formula | Paper delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado | 1983 |
Bross, Michael | A Cybernetic Model of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Effects | 1990 | |
Bross, M. & Zubek, J.P. | Progressive increase in the CFF of the non-occluded eye during prolonged monocular deprivation | Canadian Journal of Psychology | 1972 |
Brownfield C. | Slow REST or Fast Drugs: Meditation or Medication | 1993 | |
Bruno, J. J., Heilbronner, R., Fine, T, H. & Turner, J. W. | The use of subjective reports from REST: towards a developmental systems framework. |
Proceedings of the First International Conference on REST and Self-regulation. |
1985 |
Budzynski T.H. | Hemespheric Asymmetry and REST | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Theoretical and Empirical Developments in Flotation REST. pp.2-21 | 1990 |
Budzynski T.H. | A brain lateralization model for REST | Paper read at the First International Conference on REST and Self-Regulation, Denver, March. |
1983 |
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Cahn H.A. | Sensory Isolation used with Cognition Modification Training to Restore Medically Declared Unfit Persons to Duty and Reduce Absenteeism in City of Phoenix Maintenance Workers | First International Conference on REST and Self-Regulation. pp.167-178 |
1985 |
Cahn, Harold | A Novel Application of Sensory Isolation: Tank Training to Reduce Sickness Abstenteeism in City of Phoenix Employees | Paper Delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado | 1983 |
Christensen, D.; Barabasz, M. | Effects of REST and Natural Environment Videos on Recovery from Induced Stress | Washington State University, Pullman, WA | NA |
Cohen, S.I.; Silverman, A.J.; Shmavonian, B.M. | Psychophysiological Studies in Altered Sensory Environments | Journal of Psychomatic Research, 1962, 6, 259-281 | 1962 |
Cooper, G.D., Adams, H.B., & Scott, J.C. | Studies in REST I: Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy and Reduced Alcohol Consumption | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | 1988 |
Coren, S., Suedfeld P. | Data vc Drama: Introductory Psychology Textbook’s View of REST Research | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary pp. 62-69 | 1990 |
Crawford H. | Psychological Comparisons of REST and Hypnosis: Implications for FutureResearch. | Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developmentsand Perspectives. pp. 175-186. | N/A |
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David B. | A Pilot Test of REST as a Relapse Prevention Treatment for Alcohol and Drug Abusers | 1997 | |
Davidson, D.M.; Winchester, M.A.; Taylor, C.B., Alderman, E.A.; & Ingles, N.B. | Effects of Relaxation Therapy on Cardiac-Performance and Sympatheric Activity in Patients with Organic Heart Disease | Psychosomatic Medicine, 1979, 41, 303-309 | 1980 |
Deaton, JE | Effectiveness of isolation in the reduction of cigarette smoking | [no source provided]148:750-753. | 1983 |
Delmonte, M.M. | Psychological Responses During Meditation and REST | Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 9 (2), 181-200 | 1984 |
DiRito D. | Motivational Factors in Alcohol Consumption: Extending Hull’s Model | 1993 | |
Doré R. Shefransky, A. Betsy McCormick, Thomas H. Fine and John W. Turner, Jr. | Rheumatoid arthritis | Medical College of Ohio Toledo, Ohio | NA |
Dyer R., Barabasz A. & Barabasz M. | Twenty-Four Hours of Chamber REST Produces Specific Food Aversions in Obese Females | 1993 | |
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Edebol, Hanna; Bood, Ake Bood, Sven; Norlander, Torsten | Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders and Their Treatment Using Floatation-REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique) | Qualitative Health Research | 2008 |
Eichorn, D. | Auditory Signal Detection in Various Levels of Restricted Environmental Stimulation | University of British Columbia | NA |
Ewy G., Sershon P., Freundlich T. | The Presence or Absence of Light in the REST Experience: Effects on Plasma Cortisol, Blood Pressure and Mood. | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp. 120-133. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press. | 1990 |
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Fine T. & Bruno J. | Flotation REST and Smoking Cessation: A Preliminary Report | 1985 | |
Fine T.& Turner J.W. | The Effect of Flotation REST on EMG Biofeedback and Plasma Cortisol |
2nd International Conference on REST. pp.148-155. Toledo, Ohio: IRIS Publications. |
1987 |
Fine T.H. & Turner J.W. | First International Conference on REST and Self-Regulation | 1983 | |
Fine T.H. & Turner J.W. | 2nd International Conference on REST | 1985 | |
Fine T.H. & Turner J.W. | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary | 1990 | |
Fine T. & Turner J.W. | The Use of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) in the Treatment of Essential Hypertension. |
First International Conference on REST and Self-Regulation. pp.136-143. Toledo, Ohio: IRIS Publications. |
1985 |
Fine, Thomas; Turner, John Jr. | The Effects of Brief Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy in the Treatment of Hypertension | Behavioral Therapist, 1982, 250, 567-570 | 1982 |
Fine, Thomas; Turner, John Jr. | Rest-assisted Relaxation and Chronic Pain | Proceedings of the III International Congress on Psychology | 1985 |
Fine T., Mills D, Turner J. Jr. | Differential Effects of Wet and Dry Flotation REST on EEG Frequency and Amplitude. | Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives. pp.205-213. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. | 1993 |
Fine, Thomas; Mills, Donna; Turner, John Jr. | Differential Effects of Wet and Dry Floatation REST on EEG Frequency and Amplitude | 1993 | |
Fine, Thomas H., M.A. and Borrie, Roderick, Ph.D. | Flotation REST in Applied Psychophysiology | NA | NA |
Fine, T.H.; McCormick, B.A.; Shefransky, D.O.; and Turner, J.W. PhD. | Effects of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy on Cortisol, Pain, and Indices of inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritics | Medical College of Ohio, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Physiology. | NA |
Forgays, Donald G.; Forgays, Deborah K. | Creativity Enhancement Through Floatation Isolation | Journal of Environmental Psychology | 1992 |
Forgays, Donald G.; Belinson, MJ | Is Floatation Isolation a Relaxing Environment? | Journal of Environmental Psychology | 1986 |
Foster D.S. Ph.D | EEG and Subjective Correlates of Alpha Frequency Binaural BeatsStimulation Combined with Alpha Biofeedback. | 6th International REST Conference | 1990 |
Francis W.D. & Stanley J.M. | The Effects of Restricted Environmental Stimulation on Physiological and Cognitive Indices |
First International Conference on REST and Self-Regulation. pp.40-49. Toledo, Ohio: IRIS Publications. |
1985 |
Fuerst, K. and Zubek, J. P. | Effects of sensory and perceptual deprivation on a battery of open-ended cognitive tasks. |
Canadian Journal of Psychology, 22, 122-130. | 1968 |
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Goldstein D.D. & Jessen W.E. | Flotation Effect on Premenstrual Syndrome | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp. 260-266 | 1990 |
Grant, Mark | Sensory Deprivation and Schizophrenia | Journal of Mental Science, Vol. 105, pp. 235-237 | 1959 |
Grunberg N.E. | Potential Applications of Restricted Environmental Stimulus Therapy in Behavioral Health | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.36-50. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press. |
1990 |
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Hanna, I.D.; Burns, N.M.; Tiller, P.R. | Behavioral and physiological response to varying periods of sensory deprivation | Air Crew Equipment Laboratory, U.S. Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia, Bureau of Medicine, 1963, MR005, 13-066.6 | 1963 |
Harrison J. & Barabasz A. | REST as a Treatment for Children with Autism | Clinical andExperimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives. pp.269-280. | 1993 |
Helmreich N.E. | The Critical Role of Personality and Organizational Factors as Determinants of Reactions to Restricted and Stressful Environments | 1990 | |
Heron, W., W. H. Bexton, and D.O. Hebb | Cognitive Effects of a Decreased Variation to the Sensory Environment | Book: The Deep Self | 1953 |
Hill, S.; Eckett, M.J.H.; Peterson, C.; Harkness, E.F. | A pilot study to evaluate the effects of floatation spa treatment on patients with osteoarthritis |
Complementary Therapies in Medicine | 1999 |
Holmes Atwater, F. | Listening to Binaural Beats to Enhance the Effects of REST | NA | |
Hood, R.W. Jr., Morris, R.J. | Sensory Isolation and the Differential Eliciatioin of Religious Imagery in Intrinsic and Extrinsic Persons | 1979 | |
Hu Pei-Cheng, SU Ying | Effects of flotation therapy on relaxation and mental state | NA | |
Hu Pei-Cheng, SU Ying | The origin and status quo of flotation therapy | Clinical Psychology Journal (China) 1999; 7:248-252. | 1999 |
Hu Pei-Cheng, Wang RR, Shang ZH | Flotation therapy in treatment of patients with primary hypertension | Clinical Psychology Journal (China) 2000; 14: 414-416 | 2000 |
Hunt, Terry | Body-Centered Therapies: A Holographic Paradigm for Understanding REST | 1990 | |
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Jacobs GD, Heilbronner RL, Stanley JM. | The effects of short term flotation REST on relaxation: a controlled study. | Health Psychol. 1984;3(2):99-112. | 1984 |
Jacobs, Gregg, Stanley, John M., Heilbronner, Robert | The Short-Term Flotation REST on Relaxation: A Controlled Study | Paper Delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado. pp.179-185 | 1983 |
Jacobs G.D., Kemp J.C., Keane K.M.& Belden A.D. | A Preliminary Clinical Outcome Study on a Hospital Based Stress Management Program Utilizing Flotation REST Biofeedback | 1985 | |
Jacobs, T. | The effect of the floatation version of restricted environmental stimulation technique (REST) on Jazz Improvisation | Music and Medicine, October 2011 3(4), p. 234-238 | 2011 |
Janda, Louis | REST in the Treatment of Obesity | Paper Delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado | 1983 |
Jessen, W. E. | In-tank floatation therapy | Restricted Environmental Stimulation (pp. 152-157). | 1990 |
Jessen W. | The Effects of Consecutive Floats and Their Timing on Premenstrual Syndrome | 1993 | |
Jonsson, Kristoffer; Kjellgren, Anette | Promising effects of treatment with flotation-REST (restricted environmental stimulation technique) as an intervention for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): a randomized controlled pilot trial | http://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-016-1089-x | 2016 |
Justice, T.; Barabasz, A.; and Trevisan, M. | Effects of Six Hours of Lighted and Light-Free Dry Floatation REST on Changes in Absorbtion and Mood State | Washington State University, Pullman, WA | NA |
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Kjellgren, Anette | Relaxation in a floatation tank brings peace and quiet, increased well-being and reduced pain. | The Swedish Research Council 05.11.2003 | 2003 |
Kjellgren, Anette | The Experience of flotation-REST (Restricted Environmental Stimultation Technique): Consciousness, Creativity, Subjective Stress and Pain. | Doctoral dissertation, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden. ISSN 1101- 718X. |
2003 |
Kjellgren, Anette; Lyden, Francisca; Norlander, Torsten | Sensory Isolation in Flotation Tanks: Altered States of Consciousness and Effects on Well-being | The Qualitative Report Volume 13 Number 4 December 2008 636-656 | 2008 |
Kjellgren, Anette | Beneficial effects of treatment with sensory isolation in flotation-tank as a preventive health-care intervention – a randomized controlled pilot trial | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014, 14:417 | 2014 |
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Landon, P. B. & Suedfeld, P. | Complex cognitive performance and sensory deprivation: completing the U-curve | Perceptual and Motor Skills, 34, 601-602. | 1972 |
Landström, A., Bood, S.Å., Kjellgren, A., & Norlander, T. | Treating stress related pain in a clinical sample with flotation-REST:A further report on improvementson pain assessed by the Pain Area Inventory (PAI). | Social Behaviour and Personality,35, 1279 1280 | 2007 |
Lee, A. B. & Hewitt, J. | Using visual imagery in a flotation tank to improve gymnastic performance and reduce physical symptoms. |
International Journal of Sport Psychology | 1987 |
Levin, J and Brody, N. | Information-deprivation and creativity | Psychological Reports, 35, 231-237. |
1974 |
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Mahoney M.J. | Applications of Flotation REST in Personal Development. | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.174-180. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press | 1990 |
Maier, W.J. | Sensory Deprivation Therapy of an Autistic Boy | American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 25, pp. 228-245 | 1970 |
Malowitz R., Tortora T. & Lehmann C.A. | Effects of Floating in a Saturated Epsom Salts Solution Disinfected with Bromine on the Aerobic Microbial Flora of the Skin |
Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.139-150. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press. |
1990 |
McAleney, P. J., Barabasz, A. & Barabasz, M. | Effects of flotation restricted environmental stimulation on intercollegiate tennis performance. |
Perceptual and Motor Skills | 1990 |
McAlenay P. & Barabasz A. | Effects of Flotation REST and Visual Imagery on Athletic Performance: Tennis | Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives. pp.79-86. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
1993 |
McCormick, B.A.; Shafransky, D.R.; Fine, T.H.; and Turner, J.W. Jr. | Effects of Floatation REST on Serum Cortisol in Rheumatoid Arthritics | Dept. of Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43699 | NA |
McCormick B.A., Shafransky D.R., Fine T.H. & Turner J.W. Jr. | Effects of Flotation REST on Plasma Cortisol in Rheumatoid Arthritis | 6th International REST Conference. San Francisco | 1997 |
McGrady, A. | Psychophysiological Regulation of Blood Pressure | RestrictedEnvironmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp. 29-35 | 1990 |
Mee, S. | A Neo-Dissociation Conceptualization of REST | Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives pp. 1-16 | 1993 |
Melchiori L.G. & Barabasz A.F. | Effects of Flotation REST on Simulated Instrument Flight Performance | 1990 | |
Mendelson, J.; Jubzansky, P.E.; Liederman, P.H.; Wexler, D.; Dutoit, D.; Soloman, P. | Catecholamine excertion and behavior during sensory deprivation | Archives of General Psychiatry, 1960, 116, 883-888 | 1960 |
Metcalfe J. & Suedfeld P. | Enhancing the Creativity of Psychologists Through Flotation REST | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.204-212. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press | 1990 |
Mereday C., Lehman C. & Borrie R. | Flotation For The Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp. 255-259 | 1990 |
Miller M.F. & Barabasz M. | Effects of Restricted Environmental Stimulation on Inversion Perception | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.86 – 93. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press | 1990 |
Myers, T. I., Murphy, D. B., Smith, S. and Goffard. S. J. | Experimental studies of sensory deprivation and social isolation. |
Human Resources Research Office Technical Report No. 66-68, George Washington University. Washington, D.C. |
1966 |
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Norlander, T., Gård, L., Lindholm, L., & Archer, T. | New age: Exploration of outlook–on–life frameworks from a phenomenological perspective |
Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 6, 1-20. | 2003 |
Norlander, T., Kjellgren, A., & Archer, T. | The experience of flotation-REST as a function of setting and previous experience of altered states of consciousness. |
Imagination, Cognition and Personality |
2001 |
Norlander, T., Bergman, H., & Archer, T. | Effects of flotation REST on creative problem solving and originality | Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 399- 408. |
1990 |
Norlander, T., Kjellgren, A., & Archer, T. | The experience of floatation-REST as a function of setting and previous experience of altered states of consciousness. | Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 20, 161-178. | 2001 |
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O’Leary, Daniel S., Robert L. Heilbronner | Floatation REST and Information Processing: A Reaction-Time Study | Proceedings of the First International Conference on REST and Self-Regulation. Toledo: Medical College of Ohio, pp. 50-61 |
1983 |
Oleson, D. S. and Zubek, J. P. | The effect on one day of sensory deprivation on a battery of relatively unstructured cognitive tests |
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 31, 919- 923. |
1970 |
O’Toole P. & Barabasz M. | Effects of Rational Emotive Therapy and REST on Social Anxiety | 6th International REST Conference. San Francisco., Washington State University, Pullman, WA | 1997 |
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Perry, Glenn A., and Lee Perry | A Discussion of the Use of Floatation Tank in Public Settings for Commercial Uses | Paper Delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado | 1983 |
Perry, G. and Perry, L. | The personal nature of the REST experience | In T. H. Fine and J. W. Turner, Jr. (eds), Proceedings of the First International Con[‘erence on REST and Self-Regulation. Toledo: Mcdical College of Ohio, pp. 194-197 |
1985 |
Pudvah M.B. & Rzewnicki R. | Six Months in the Tank: The Long-Term Effects of Flotation Isolation on State Anxiety, Hostility and Depression | Restricted Environmental Stimulation:Research and Commentary. pp. 79-85 | 1990 |
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Raab, J., & Gruzelier, J. | A controlled investigation of right hemispheric processing enhancement after restricted environmental stimulation (REST) with flotation |
Psychological Medicine, 24, 457-462 | 1994 |
Ramirez C.E., Suedfeld P., Remick R.A. & Fleming J.A.E. | Potential Beneficial Effect of REST on Patients with Electroconvulsive Therapy | Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Commentary. pp.188- 195. Toledo, Ohio: Medical College of Ohio Press. |
1990 |
Ramirez Monzon, Carmenza | REST and Smoking Cessation in a Latin American Country | Paper Delivered at First International Conference on REST and Self Regulation, Denver, Colorado | 1983 |
Randolfi, E.A. Ph.D. | A Comparative Physiological and Psychometric Assessment of REST Floatation, Progressive Relaxation, and Light-Sound Stimulation Relaxation Training | NA | |
Rand Walker, W. Freeman, R.F., Christensen, D.K.. | Restricting Environmental Stimulation (REST) to enhance cognitive behavioral treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder with schizotypal personality disorder | Behavior therapy, Vol 25(4), Autumn 1994, p.709-719 | 1994 |
Richardson, S. | Enhancing Rowing Ergometer Performance Through Floatation REST | University of British Columbia | NA |
Richardson S. | Enhancing Rowing Ergoer Performance Through Floatation REST | 6th International REST Conference. San Francisco | 1997 |
Richardson, Sean O. | Imagery, Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Enhancing Mental Training and Rowing Ergometer Performance through Flotation REST | .doc | 1999 |
Rossi, A. M., et al | Operant Responding for Visual Stimuli during Sensory Deprivation: Effect of Meaningfulness | Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol. 79, pp.188-193 | 1969 |
Ruzyla-Smith P. & Barabasz A. | Effects of Flotation REST on the Immune Response: T-Cells, B-Cells, Helper and Suppressor Cells. |
Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation: New Developments and Perspectives. pp. 223-238. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
1993 |
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