This experiment was designed to determine whether Transcendental Meditation has an effect upon the auditory frequency and amplitude discrimination thresholds. These thresholds were measured for each subject, using the ' warble ' technique, before and after twenty minutes meditation, and before and after reading a bookfor twenty minutes (the control). A significantly greater improvement was foun...

The spontaneous bioelectrical activity of the brain was studied during the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique by analog and digital spectral analysis. Time trends of spectral EEG content evaluated by Fourier and Walsh spectral arrays were compared with time domain descriptors. Both methods gave similar results in EEG dynamics staging. During Transcendental Meditation, high amplitude, symm...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects, if any, of the practice of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program over a certain period of time on the degree of neuroticism us measured by Defense Mechanism Test (DMT). A group of 15 applicants for pilot training with the Royal Swedish Air Force (RSAF) were chosen as subjects for the investigation. They had all been rejected d...

This paper describes the research studies on the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program which have relevance to corrections and to crime prevention in urban communities. Physiological and psychological laboratory studies of the TM program which bear on criminal rehabilitation are briefly reviewed, followed by consideration of applied studies. Eight research projects in six correctional settings...

The effect of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique on working memory and field independence was investigated in a twelve-week longitudinal time-series study in which the uMatch Me" computerized memory game and the Rod and Frame Test were administered daily to a matched pair of 11-year-old boys and a matched pair of 14-year-old girls. One of the boys and one of the girls began the TM tec...

This study compared EEG and autonomic patterns during transcending to "other" experiences during Transcendental Meditation (TM) practice. To correlate specific meditation experiences with physiological measures, the experimenter rang a bell three times during the TM session. Subjects categorized their experiences around each bell ring. Transcending, in comparison to "other" experiences during T...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the practice of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi program influences cognitive-moral development. Seventy-six undergraduate students, ranging in age from 16 to 23 years, participated in the study: I7 students from Roger Williams College, Rhode Island, who were not predisposed to starting the TM program (nonmeditators); I2 studen...

This study tested the prediction that increased coherence of collective consciousness would be found in cities upon reaching the threshold level of one percent participation in the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program, and that this increased coherence would be reflected in decreased rates of suicides and auto accidents. The sample consisted of an experimental group of cities which reached th...

BACKGROUND The amount of studies showing different benefits of practicing meditation is growing. EEG brainwave patterns objectively reflect both the cognitive processes and objects of meditation. This study aimed to examine the effects of transcendental meditation (TM) practice on baseline EEG brainwave patterns (outside of meditation) and to examine weather TM reduces state and trait anxiety. ...

The EEGs of 13 experienced practitioners of transcendental meditation (TM) were recorded for 5 min preceding TM, during 20 min of TM and until 5 min after, as well as during closed-eyed wakefulness, drowsiness, sleep onset and sleep. Thirteen healthy volunteers matched for age served as control subjects. Computer period-amplitude analysis of F3-C3, T3-T5, P3-O1, F4-C4 and P4-O2 epochs of 50--10...