Fergusson, 1992
Fergusson, L. C. Field Independence and art achievement in meditating and nonmeditating college students. Perceptual and Motor Skills 75: 1171-1175, 1992.
This study found that undergraduate art students practicing the Transcendental Meditation program had higher levels of field independence than those not practicing, and that degree of field independence was significantly correlated with artistic ability and college grade point average.
- Year
- 1992
- Journal
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 6, pp. 3958–3961
- Section
- Intelligence, Learning and Academic Performance
Findings (2)
Cognitive Performance
Higher Level of Field Independence
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Academic Performance
Field Independence Correlated with Artistic Ability and College Academic Performance
Transcendental Meditation · Correlation/regression study
Authors
- Lee C. Fergusson, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA