Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

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• 2017· Consciousness and Cognition· Empirical
  Travis, Frederick; Parim, Niyazi; Shrivastava, Amrita (2017). Higher theta and alpha1 coherence when listening to Vedic recitation compared to coherence during Transcendental Meditation practice. Consciousness and Cognition, 49, 157–162.

  Within-person comparison of subjective experiences and EEG in 37 subjects listening to live Vedic recitation and practicing TM.

  • During the Practice—Electroencephalographic: Vedic recitation produced higher theta2 and alpha1 coherence in frontal, parietal and frontal-parietal measurements than TM in this comparison.
  • During the Practice—Electroencephalographic: Participants described recitation as a deeper, more inward experience; the study measured immediate experience and EEG, not clinical benefit.
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