Neurotechnologies

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For decades, altered states of consciousness have been used as a form ofpsychotherapy in transpersonal psychology. Although there are well-known techniquesfor inducing altered states of consciousness, such as holotropic breathwork,neurotechnology provides an alternative method for not only generating these states fortranspersonal therapy but also for measuring the level of a state of consciousness. Thegoal of this chapter is to provide a review of the fundamental concepts ofneurotechnology as well as the technologies that can be used to induce and measurealtered states of consciousness for transpersonal psychotherapy.