Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

5 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
• 1999· Human Physiology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Lyubimov, Nicolai N. Changes in electroencephalogram and evoked potentials during application of the specific form of physiological training (meditation). Human Physiology 25: 171–180, 1999. Translated from Fiziologiya Cheloveka 25: 56–66, 1999.

  This study measured characteristics of somatosensory evoked potentials following median nerve stimulation as well as EEG spectral power among participants in the Transcendental Meditation program. The Transcendental Meditation technique was characterized by increased silence in cortical functioning, as reflected in increased alpha and theta power and reduction of late SEP components. There were also specific types of cortical activation, reflected in increased activation of beta power and widening of projections of early (sensory) SEP components due to increased functional mobilization. The author concludes that the Transcendental Meditation technique not only provides deep rest but also prepares the central nervous system for keener sensory functioning.

  • During the Practice—Brain Activity: Mobilization of Hidden Reserves of the Brain: Wider Distribution of Cortical Response to Somatosensory Stimuli
  • During the Practice—Brain Activity: Increased EEG Spectral Power in Theta, Alpha, and Beta Frequencies
• 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
• 1993· Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Orlova, T. V.; Petrenko, E. V.; and Lyubimov, N. N. Cerebral control of afferent somatosensory projections. Presented at the International Symposium of Macro and Microlevels of Brain Organization in the Norm and Pathology, Moscow, 1992. [See also Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny 116: 229–231, 1993, translated and reprinted in Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 116: 1046–1048, 1993.]

  This study reports increased amplitude of cortical and brain stem responses to somatosensory stimuli during the Transcendental Meditation technique in comparison to the control period prior to practice.

  • During the Practice—Brain Activity: Increased Amplitude of Early Cortical and Brain Stem Responses to Somatosensory Stimuli
• 1992· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Lyubimov, N. N. Mobilization of the hidden reserves of the brain. International Symposium ‘Consciousness and Brain’, Programme Abstracts, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, June 1992, p. 19.

  The author found that during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique there was a wider distribution of the brain’s response to somatosensory stimuli, indicating mobilization of latent reserves of the brain.

  • During the Practice—Brain Activity: Wider Distribution of Cortical Response to Somatosensory Stimuli