Draft:The Water-Immersion Isolation Tank Project

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Declined by ChrysGalley 2 months ago. Last edited by ChrysGalley 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Have a look at WP:YFA, but we will need the WP:GOLDENRULE to be met, ideally with three such examples. ChrysGalley (talk) 18:25, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

By: Stranger Things The Water-Immersion Isolation Tank Project was a research project funded by Neurophysiologist John C. Lilly during the early Cold War. He want to test the systematic pressures of the brain when their was zero sensory input in the neurons, and see whether the brain would go mad with no stimuli. After this theory, Lilly coined the term "Sensory Deprivation Apparatus", and finding new ways to put this into his new research study.

Experiment

At the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Lilly built the world's very first water-immersion isolation tank. It looked like a horrific sci-fi torture device: subjects were fully submerged underwater in a dark tank, forced to wear heavy, clunky aviation breathing masks completely smeared with black tar to block all incoming light.

Results

By: Sarah Meyers

Example of Hallucinations in a real-life perspective.

Instead of falling into a coma, the brain did the opposite. Denied real sight and sound, the subconscious took over, causing subjects to slide into vivid, waking hallucinations and altered states of consciousness. Lilly frequently tested it on himself, eventually using the tanks to explore wild psychological frontiers.

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