Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

2 papers found

• 1996· Dissertation Abstracts International· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Guttmann, Julia Kim. The search for bliss: A model of emotional development based on Maharishi’s Vedic Psychology. Dissertation Abstracts International 57(6B): 4055, 1996.

  Participants in the Transcendental Meditation program displayed a higher level of emotional development as measured by content analyses of interviews; they also showed a significantly higher level of ego development than normative controls.

  • Self Development: Higher Level of Emotional Development
  • Self Development: Higher Level of Ego Development
• 2000· Biological Psychology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Travis, Frederick; Tecce, Joseph J.; and Guttmann, Julia. Cortical plasticity, contingent negative variation, and transcendent experiences during practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. Biological Psychology 55: 41–55, 2000.

  This cross-sectional study evaluated differences in CNV (contingent negative variation)—the brain response between a preparatory stimulus and a subsequent stimulus requiring a response. The three subject groups (nonmeditators, short-term, and longer-term participants in the Transcendental Meditation program) differed in terms of their frequency of self-reported Transcendental Consciousness experiences. Increased frequency of transcendent experience were associated with increased cortical preparatory responses (higher CNV amplitude) on simple reaction time trials and fewer CNV distraction effects on divided-attention reaction time trials.

  • Electroencephalographic: Higher Cortical Preparatory Response (Heightened Late CNV Amplitude during Simple Reaction Time Trials) Associated with Stabilized Experience of Transcendental Consciousness
  • Electroencephalographic: More Effective Executive Functioning (Diminished CNV Distraction Effects) Associated with Stabilized Experience of Transcendental Consciousness