Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

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• 2019· Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira· Research Review
  Mosini, Amanda Cristina; Saad, Marcelo; Braghetta, Camilla Casaletti; Medeiros, Roberta de; Peres, Mario Fernando Prieto; Leão, Frederico Camelo (2019). Neurophysiological, cognitive-behavioral and neurochemical effects in practitioners of transcendental meditation—A literature review. Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 65(5), 706–713.

  Narrative review of 21 selected papers discusses neurophysiological, neurochemical and cognitive-behavioral findings. Some mechanisms draw on other meditation methods; heterogeneous evidence is discussed rather than pooled.

  • Review Paper—Physiology: Reviews reported brain and neurochemical associations, distinguishing proposed mechanisms from established TM-specific effects.
  • Review Paper—Psychology: Discusses reported stress, anxiety and cognitive findings while identifying a need for better comparative studies.
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