Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Simon, D.; Oparil, S.; and Kimball, C. P. The Transcendental Meditation Program and essential hypertension. Hypertension Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1974.

  Borderline hypertensives demonstrated normal blood pressure when measured a mean of eight months after instruction in the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Decreased Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Subjects
• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Ballou, D. The Transcendental Meditation Program at Stillwater Prison. Graduate Department of Social Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 1973.

  Prisoners practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique exhibited reduced anxiety, a reduced number of prison rule infractions, increased participation in recreational and educational activities, and a low number of parole violations.

  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Decreased State and Trait Anxiety of Prisoners
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Decreased Prison Rule Infractions
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Increased Participation in Recreational and Educational Activities of Prisoners
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• 1981· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Wallace, R. K.; Dillbeck, M. C.; Alexander, C. N.; and Ball, O. E. Improved functional organization of the brain through the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field as indicated by changes in EEG coherence and its cognitive correlates: A proposed model of higher states of consciousness. Departments of Psychology and Biology, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA; Department of Psychology and Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and Department of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California, USA, September 1981.

  The effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program were studied in terms of the functional organization of the brain, as reflected in patterns of EEG coherence and in the correlations of these patterns with measures of cognitive performance and emotional health. Findings indicated that higher levels of coherence in the frontal cortex relative to the occipital area are, in general, correlated with higher levels of cognitive performance and greater emotional stability. Furthermore, results showed increases in both alpha and theta EEG coherence levels as a result of learning the TM-Sidhi program, with proportionately greater increases taking place in the frontal lobes compared to the occipital lobes. The authors discuss their findings in terms of the development of higher states of consciousness through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.

  • Electroencephalographic: Higher Frontal EEG Coherence Correlated with Superior Cognitive Performance (Verbal Intelligence, Principled Moral Reasoning, and Grade Point Average) and Greater Emotional Stability (Lower Neuroticism)
  • During the Practice—Electroencephalographic: Increased EEG Coherence During the Transcendental Meditation Technique
  • Electroencephalographic: Stabilization of Increased EEG Coherence Following the Transcendental Meditation Technique
  • + 3 more findings