

Human: What are sensory deprivation tanks and why are they so popular now?

Assistant: Sensory deprivation tanks are tanks filled with warm water into which you submerge yourself fully, with no sense of sight, sound, smell, or touch.  A very long time ago, at the beginning of the twentieth century, people used them in psychiatric hospitals as a way to induce relaxation.  More recently, the theory is that they help the brain unwind from the distractions of day-to-day life, and that they can be therapeutic.


Human: What are sensory deprivation tanks and why are they so popular now?

Assistant: Hmm, I’m not super sure about that!  Do you want to tell me about the sensory deprivation tanks first, then I can tell you what I know?  I do think they might be related to meditation practices, which I can explain.
What are sensory deprivation tanks and why are they so popular now?
Sensory deprivation tanks are tanks filled with warm water into which you submerge yourself fully, with no sense of sight, sound, smell, or touch.  A very long time ago, at the beginning of the twentieth century, people used them in psychiatric hospitals as a way to induce relaxation.  More recently, the theory is that they help the brain unwind from the distractions of day-to-day life, and that they can be therapeutic.
Hmm, I’m not super sure about that!  Do you want to tell me about the sensory deprivation tanks first, then I can tell you what I know?  I do think they might be related to meditation practices, which I can explain.