Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

2 papers found

• 2011· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Istratov, E. N.; and Lyubimov, S. N. Comparative analysis of alpha rhythm content in spontaneous EEG activity among subjects practising the Transcendental Meditation technique. Brain Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.

  The practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique was found to increase restful alertness, as reflected in high frontal EEG alpha power during the practice of Transcendental Meditation, and stabilization of frontal EEG alpha power outside the practice of Transcendental Meditation.

  • Electroencephalographic: Stabilization of Frontal EEG Alpha Power Outside the Practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique
  • During the Practice—Brain Activity: High Frontal EEG Alpha Power During the Transcendental Meditation technique
• 1996· Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Istratov, E. N.; Lyubimov, N. N.; and Orlova, T. V. The dynamic features of modified states of consciousness during Transcendental Meditation. [See also Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny 121: 128–130, 1996, translated and reprinted in Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 121: 117–119, 1996.]

  This study found electroencephalographic indications of increased restful alertness during and after the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, as measured by increased stability of alpha activity, increased beta power, and reduced slow-wave delta and theta power during the practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the persistence of these EEG spectral distribution changes immediately after the practice.

  • Electroencephalographic: Persistence of EEG Changes Following the Transcendental Meditation technique
  • During the Practice—Brain Activity: Increased Stability of Alpha Activity, Increased Beta Power, and Reduced Slow-Wave Delta and Theta Power During the Transcendental Meditation technique