Prof. Wesley Wildman Mentioned in Vox Article on Neurofeedback and Brain Stimulation
The following is an excerpt from the article “New technologies are promising a shortcut to enlightenment,” by Sigal Samuel, published on November 1, 2021 by Vox. Click here to read the full article. Prof. Wildman’s profile is found here.
In fact, neurofeedback is just one of the newer technologies being touted as a way to catapult us into higher, more enlightened states of consciousness. Other technoboosts include brain stimulation, which uses electric currents or other means to directly target certain brain areas and change their behavior, and synthetic psychedelics, which are lab-created versions of drugs such as ayahuasca. Collectively, they form a genre that Kate Stockly and Wesley Wildman, researchers at Boston University’s Center for Mind and Culture, call “spirit tech.”