Restricted Environmental Stimulation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Theoretical Formulations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Hemispheric Asymmetry and REST

      • Thomas H. Budzynski

      Pages 2-21

   3. Distress, No Stress, Anti-Stress, Eustress: Where Does REST Fit In?

      • Peter Suedfeld

      Pages 22-30

   4. A Cybernetic Model of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Effects

      • Michael Bross

      Pages 31-41

   5. The Common Therapeutic Elements and Procedural Components in Self-Hypnosis and Other Stress Reduction Techniques

      • Ian Wickramasekera

      Pages 42-55

   6. Body-Centered Therapies: A Holographic Paradigm for Understanding REST

      • Terry Hunt

      Pages 56-69

3. Experimental Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 70-70

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   2. Hormonal Changes Associated with Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy

      • John W. Turner Jr., Thomas H. Fine

      Pages 71-92

   3. The Presence or Absence of Light in the REST Experience: Effects on Plasma Cortisol, Blood Pressure and Mood

      • Gina Ewy, Peter Sershon, Thomas Freundlich

      Pages 93-104

   4. Effects of Restricted Environmental Stimulation on Inversion Perception

      • Mary Frances Miller, Marianne Barabasz

      Pages 105-112

   5. Flotation REST and Information Processing: A Reaction Time Study

      • Daniel S. O’Leary, Robert L. Heilbronner

      Pages 113-124

   6. The Effects of Flotation Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy on Learning: Subjective Evaluation and EEG Measurements

      • Thomas Taylor

      Pages 125-134

   7. Effects of Flotation REST on Stimulated Instrument Flight Performance

      • Lori G. Melchiori, Arreed F. Barabasz

      Pages 135-142

   8. Enhancing Hypnotizability: Differential Effects of Flotation REST and Progressive Muscle Relaxation

      • Glenn M. Kaplan, Arreed F. Barabasz

      Pages 143-158

   9. Enhancing the Creativity of Psychologists Through Flotation REST

      • Janet Metcalfe, Peter Suedfeld

      Pages 159-167

4. Clinical Studies and Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 168-168

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   2. Flotation for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

      • Clifton Mereday, Craig Lehmann, Roderick A. Borrie

      Pages 169-173

   3. REST for Muscle Contraction Headaches: A Comparison of Two REST Environments Combined with Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training

      • Randy Rzewnicki, Alistair B. C. Wallbaum, Howard Steele, Peter Suedfeld

      Pages 174-183

   4. Effects of Biobehaviorally Assisted Relaxation Training on Blood Pressure and Hormone Levels and Their Variation in Normotensives and Essential Hypertensives

      • John W. Turner Jr., Thomas H. Fine, Angele McGrady, James T. Higgins

      Pages 184-201

Previously reported results of sensory-deprivation experiences, of which flotation REST is an instance, were dramatic, generally negative and ultimately unreliable. This book offers controlled systematic research on the effects of flotation REST. The papers in this collection were chosen from those presented at the first three international conferences on REST and fall into several categories. The major category concerns theoretical formulations for REST effects; other categories in the collection deal with experimental findings and clinical research in relation with flotation REST.

• Biofeedback
• Emotion
• Evaluation
• Motivation
• Syndrom
• Therapie
• Training
• electroencephalography (EEG)
• management
• perception
• stress
• stress management
• syndromes
• therapy

• Faculty of Graduate Studies, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

  Peter Suedfeld

• Department of Physiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, USA

  John W. Turner

• Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, USA

  Thomas H. Fine

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