Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1991· Personality and Individual Differences· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Cranson, R. W.; Orme-Johnson, D.W.; Gackenbach, J.; Dillbeck, M. C.; Jones, C. H.; and Alexander, C. N. Transcendental Meditation and improved performance on intelligence-related measures: A longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Differences 12: 1105–1116, 1991.

  This study found that university students practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program demonstrated, in comparison to control students, improved performance on a psychometric intelligence test, improvement in reaction time measures correlated with general intelligence (faster choice reaction time, lower standard deviation of choice reaction time), and faster simple reaction time.—

  • Motor Performance: Faster Simple Reaction Time
  • Cognitive Performance: Improved Intelligence Test Performance
  • Motor Performance: Improvement in Reaction Time Measures Correlated with General Intelligence (Faster Choice Reaction Time, Lower Standard Deviation of Choice Reaction Time)
• 1996· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Mason, L.; Alexander, C. N.; Travis, F. T.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Gackenbach, J.; Marsh, G.; Walton, K.; and Rainforth, M. Electrophysiological correlates of higher states of consciousness during sleep. Summary of findings of doctoral dissertation by the first author, Department of Psychology, Maharishi International University, 1995. (Findings also published in Dissertation Abstracts International 56(10): 5797B, 1996.)

  This study found that the experience of pure consciousness during sleep, among participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, was associated with increased EEG theta/­alpha power during deep sleep, decreased EMG activity during deep sleep, increased REM density during REM sleep, and more frequent reports of higher states of consciousness.

  • Electroencephalographic: Increased EEG Theta/Alpha Power During Deep Sleep
  • Electroencephalographic: Decreased EMG Activity During Deep Sleep
  • Electroencephalographic: Increased REM Density During REM Sleep
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• 1997· Sleep· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Mason, L. I.; Alexander, C. N.; Travis, F. T.; Marsh, G.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Gackenbach, J.; Mason, D. C.; Rainforth, M.; and Walton, K. G. Electrophysiological correlates of higher states of consciousness during sleep in long-term practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation program. Sleep 20: 102–110, 1997.

  Participants in the Transcendental Meditation program who reported the experience of higher states of consciousness during sleep displayed EEG and EMG activity suggesting the integration of physiological characteristics of Transcendental Consciousness together with physiological characteristics of deep sleep, in contrast to two control groups.

  • Self Development: Experience of Pure Consciousness During Sleep Associated with More Frequent Reports of Higher States of Consciousness