Orme-Johnson, 1973
Orme-Johnson, D. W. Autonomic stability and Transcendental Meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine 35: 341–349, 1973.
Subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique showed greater autonomic stability.
- Year
- 1973
- Journal
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 1, pp. 233–238
- Section
- Physiological Efficiency and Stability
Findings (4)
Response to Stress
Faster Habituation of Skin Resistance Response to Stressful Stimuli
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Fewer Multiple Skin Resistance Responses
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Electrophysiological
Fewer Spontaneous Skin Resistance Responses
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
During the Practice—Electrophysiological
Fewer Spontaneous Skin Resistance Responses
Transcendental Meditation · State changes with control condition · During TM
Authors
- David W. Orme-Johnson, PhD
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA