Watch my talk at the Floatation Tank Association webinar, May 28, 2026: Changing Self and Time: Altered States During and After Floatation-REST www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia1O...

Floatation Tank Association - Altered States During and After Floatation-REST Dr. Marc Whittmann

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My latest experimental co-production with my students: Trait absorption as predictor of altered states of consciousness across three relaxation induction methods: meditation, Ganzfeld, resting osf.io/preprints/ps...

I am among the speakers of this year's Float Conference im Norfolk, Virginia, September 18 - 20, 2026, presenting our IGPP work on inducing altered states of consciousness in Floatation-REST. www.floatconference.com/speakers

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See which float researchers, small business experts, and marketing gurus will be speaking at this year's Float Conference!

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Preprint out! Mapping nonordinary (exceptional) experiences in a representative German sample: Phenomenology, prevalence and links to self-transcendence osf.io/preprints/ps...

The first micro-phenomenological study regarding Floatation-REST is out: We assessed the diachronic and synchronic structure of experience related to altered states of consciousness, out of time and self: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The micro-phenomenology of Floatation-REST - BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

This micro-phenomenological study examines altered states of consciousness (ASC) during Floatation-REST, a sensory isolation method where individuals lie in a tank filled with Epsom salt-saturated wat...

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I am grateful to Marcin Moskalewicz for inviting me to give a talk on "Embodied time: Neural and bodily foundations of time perception" at the Time in the Mind 10th Summer School of Cognitive Science, Kazimierz, in Poland, 9.9.2026: lsk.kul.pl/projects/mar...

Marc Wittmann - Embodied Time: Neural and Bodily Foundations of Time Perception - Letnia Szkoła Kognitywistyki

Embodied Time: Neural and Bodily Foundations of Time Perception Marc Wittmann Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Freiburg, Germany […]

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What happens in the brain during flow? Applying EEG microstate analysis during video game play, Shiva Khoshnoud @federicoalvarez.bsky.social and I found that flow is associated with reduced dynamics in brain states linked to self-referential processing in the DMN. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Why does time speed up as we age? Now in Springer Nature's Memory & Cognition journal: A fascinating case of falsification of our strong and convincing hypothesis with lead author Alice Teghil from Sapienza Università da Roma and my team at @igpp.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Memory encoding for new information, not autobiographical memory load, is linked with age-related differences in subjective time passage over the past decade - Memory & Cognition

The widely replicated finding that time passage over the past decade is perceived as faster by older adults was the focus of this study. We investigated potential factors associated with this effect, ...

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The TIMED collaborative effort "The vanishing hours: Future temporal focus and the passage of time in the digital era". Individual and cross-country differences in how digital behaviour affects subjective passage of time: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mwyy_4NEt...

Justin Feinstein, President of the Float Research Collective gave a talk at @igpp.bsky.social, here it is now available on youtube:

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A decade of research exploring #Floatation-REST as a non-pharmacological intervention for stress and anxiety-related disorders Lecture by Dr. Justin Feinstein, President and Director of Float Research Collective New on our YouTube channel youtu.be/gBYMfCAdKqY #IGPPKolloquium

Justin Feinstein, President of Float Research Collective, gave a talk at @igpp.bsky.social Freiburg, here it is now availale on youtube:

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A decade of research exploring #Floatation-REST as a non-pharmacological intervention for stress and anxiety-related disorders Lecture by Dr. Justin Feinstein, President and Director of Float Research Collective New on our YouTube channel youtu.be/gBYMfCAdKqY #IGPPKolloquium

Last few days for registering for SENSING TIME, the @timingresforum.bsky.social 2nd Summer School for Master’s students and early-stage PhD researchers, in Padua 6th-10th of July 2026 sites.google.com/view/sensing...

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The Shaping a World-class University program of University of Padova and TRF collaborated in the organization of the 2nd TRF training school that took place during the 6th and 10th of July 2026 in Pad...

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Our Special Issue on Investigating Extra-Sensory Experiences & Consciousness through Qualitative Research, edited by @donnamthomas.bsky.social and me. We welcome qualitative studies exploring this under-researched area for an understanding of consciousness think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Next in our series on the most boring task ever in psychology: impulsive individuals feel more boredom while waiting—and it makes time feel slower: brill.com/view/journal...

Tuesday, 3.3.2026, at 3.15 pm CET, Dr. Justin Feinstein, President and Director of Float Research Collective gives a talk at the @igpp.bsky.social Freiburg. Stop by at the institute or join via zoom by requesting an email link here: igpp.de/en/justin-fe...

Justin Feinstein, PhD: "A decade of research exploring Floatation-REST as a non-pharmacological intervention for stress and anxiety-related disorders" - IGPP Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie ...

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New preprint out: @donnamthomas.bsky.social and me exploring phenomenal parallels between exceptional experiences in childhood and altered states of consciousness in adults, based on the 8-dimensions approach bei Fort et al: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

In the words of Maciej Stolarski, the initiator of this in memoriam article dedicated to Philip G. Zimbardo: "I am happy - and deeply moved - to share our newly published tribute paper honoring Phil, which in many ways feels like our final goodbye to him": onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Perspectives on Time and Personality: Philip G. Zimbardo (1934–2024) in Memoriam

The present paper aims to honor the memory of one of the most notable figures in psychological science over the past five decades, Philip G. Zimbardo, who sadly passed away in late 2024. To this end,...

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Call for Papers ! Submit your article to the Journal Qualitative Research in Psychology for a Special Issue on: Investigating Extra-Sensory Experiences and Consciousness through Qualitative Research Co-Guest Editor: @marcwittmann.bsky.social #ConsciousnessResearch shorturl.at/VYKFF

An anniversary! Four years of #Floatation-REST @igpp.bsky.social research with the Floataway.com cabin at Prana Freiburg: 2 doctoral theses, 2 master's theses, 2 third-party funding acquisitions, 3 publications, and here the lastest preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe zu 75 Jahre Grenzgebietsforschung am @igpp.bsky.social am 18.11.2025 in Freiburg in der Universitätsbibliothek mein Vortrag: "Wie wir die Zeit erleben: Das leibliche Selbst, veränderte Bewusstseinszustände, anomale Phänomene" youtu.be/A_vhCAu1RwI?...

Wie wir die Zeit erleben: Das leibliche Selbst, veränderte Bewusstseinszustände, anomale Phänomene

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think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... @marcwittmann.bsky.social Call for papers for this special issue 'Investigating Extra-Sensory Experiences and Consciousness through Qualitative Research

The @springernature.com book "The Bodily Self, Emotion, and Subjective Time: Exploring Interoception through the Contributions of A.D. (Bud) Craig" is out: 22 authors, 16 chapters. Neurobiology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Musicology, Philosophy, ... link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

A sketch of an idea to a theory of why altered states of consciousness as induced through psychedelics, meditation, and Floatation-REST have therapeutic potential for alleviating psychiatric conditions. www.the-mind.org/the-mind/iss...

The Real Reason the Last Decade of Our Life Seems to Fly By. My Psychology Today blog on our latest empirical discovery with Alice Teghil as to why time speeds up as we grow older. It is not related to autobiographical memory but to cognitve decline. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sens...

The Real Reason the Last Decade of Our Life Seems to Fly By

Our new study shows why time feels like it speeds up with age. The good news: Older adults cherish and recall their meaningful experiences more vividly than the younger do.

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The very first micro-phenomenological study on experience during Floatation-REST from my lab at @igpp.bsky.social revealing the dynamics of how individuals enter into altered states of consciousness. Part 2 of Helena Hruby's doctoral thesis: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

On November 26 our @SpringerNature book in commemoration of Bud (A.D.) Craig's legacy is out. See TOC with 14 contributions on the insular cortex, bodily self, emotion, psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, pain, mindfulness, touch, music, and subjective time. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The Bodily Self, Emotion, and Subjective Time

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the interplay between the bodily self, emotion, and subjective time perception and consciousness.

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The two main hubs in the brain for the processing of human time perception have been identified: SMA and Insula. Here Alice Teghil from Sapienza Università di Roma and I provide the conceptual background in our review on 'How the body and brain process time'. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How the body and brain process time

Recent evidence from two independent meta-analyses reveals that subjective time is processed in the insular cortex alongside the supplementary motor a…

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Now and newly online available, my talk at the INSIGHT 2023 conference of the MIND Foundation in Berlin: "Subjective Time and Body-Self During Altered States of Consciousness: New Evidence". www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcyH...

Subjective Time and Body-Self During Altered States of Consciousness: New Evidence

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My talk at the ESI Systems Neuroscience Conference (ESISyNC) 2025 on "Subjective Time and Self in Altered States: Exploring Floatation-REST", Frankfurt, 9.9.2025, to be found here on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=phDq...

Dr. Marc Wittmann, Subjective Time and Self in Altered States: Exploring Floatation-REST

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Zeit, Raum, Welt und Ich? Photobastei 2.0, Zürich, 29.10.2025, 19:00 - 21:00 Uhr: Eine Diskussion zu psychedelischen Erfahrungen und Bewusstsein mit Susanne Schmetkamp, Kurt Stocker, Marc Wittmann www.zuerich.com/de/events-na...

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