Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

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• 2015· Personality and Individual Differences· Empirical
  Schötz, Eva; Otten, Simone; Wittmann, Marc; Schmidt, Stefan; Kohls, Niko; Meissner, Karin (2015). Time perception, mindfulness and attentional capacities in transcendental meditators and matched controls. Personality and Individual Differences, 93, 16–21.

  Matched cross-sectional comparison of 20 experienced TM practitioners and 20 controls. Online publication was in 2015; final volume and pagination are from the 2016 issue. Group differences cannot establish training effects.

  • Perceptual Acuity: TM practitioners performed more consistently in multisecond duration reproduction and more accurately in minute estimation and duration discrimination.
  • Self Development: Practitioners reported higher mindfulness than matched nonmeditating controls.
  • Cognitive Performance: Attentional capacities measured by the Attention Network Test did not differ between groups.
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