Chapter
Thirteen
Altered states of consciousness
Tart, C. T. (1972). States of consciousness and
state-specific sciences. Science, 176 , 1203–1210.
See also Tart’s 2015 blog post at http://blog.para
digm-sys.com/state-specific-sciences-altered-state-ori
gin-of-the-proposal/
The article proposes a new science conducted by
people in specific SoCs, including the potential and
the pitfalls. The blog post describes how the idea came
about and how others responded.
Thomas, J. W., and Cohen, M. (2014). A meth-
odological review of meditation research. Frontiers in
Psychiatry, 5 , article 74.
Argues that a broader scope is needed if medita-
tion research is to satisfactorily answer questions like
whether meditation induces ASCs.