Travis, 1979
Travis, F. Creative thinking and the Transcendental Meditation technique. The Journal of Creative Behavior 13(3): 169–180, 1979.
The Transcendental Meditation program was found to improve creativity as measured by figural flexibility and originality, and verbal fluency.
- Year
- 1979
- Journal
- The Journal of Creative Behavior
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 3, pp. 1972–1977
- Section
- Intelligence, Learning and Academic Performance
Findings (3)
Cognitive Performance
Increased Creativity—Figural Verbal Fluency
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Increased Creativity—Figural Flexibility
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Increased Creativity—Figural Originality
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Authors
- Frederick Travis, BS
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA