With this in mind, I cannot help but notice the Washington Post’s recent reporting on sensory deprivation. Though the Post counts some of our own masthead as opinion contributors, it is ...

Sensory deprivation tanks, or float tanks, as they're commonly called, are dark, soundproof tanks designed to create an environment devoid of sensation. A float tank is usually long enough to lie ...

Float rooms or tanks (also known as isolation or sensory deprivation tanks) are plastic pods filled with water and enough Epsom salts so that a person easily floats when lying on his or her back.

Float tanks are also called sensory deprivation tanks, and they do just that. They are intended to provide mental and physical therapy. You simply float in about 10 inches of water that contains ...

Floatation therapy is a sensory deprivation treatment which people use for pain relief and meditation. You lie in water for around an hour which is full of Epsom salts to help you float.

And in that disorientating emptiness, the mind wanders. The physical experience of the floatation tank are surreal — but it's what goes on inside your head that's more interesting. For starters ...