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Rouzeré et al., 1989

Rouzeré, A.-M.; Badawi, K.; and Hartmann, R. High amplitude fronto-central alpha and theta activity during the Transcendental Meditation technique. Department of Neurophysiology, Maharishi European Research University, Seelisberg, Switzerland, 1979.

Bursts of alpha and theta activity in frontal and central areas of the brain were found to occur for a greater percentage of the test time in practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique, both during Transcendental Meditation and during periods of sitting with eyes closed, as compared with controls.

Year
1989
Publication type
Collected Papers
Paper type
Empirical
Collected Papers
Vol. 3, pp. 1655–1659
Section
Electrophysiological and Electroencephalographic Changes

Findings (2)

Electroencephalographic

  • Bursts of Synchronous High Amplitude EEG Alpha and Theta Activity in Frontal and Central Regions Outside of Transcendental Meditation

    Transcendental Meditation · State changes with control condition

During the Practice—Brain Activity

  • Bursts of Synchronous High Amplitude EEG Alpha and Theta Activity in Frontal and Central Regions

    Transcendental Meditation · State changes with control condition · During TM

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