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Travis et al., 2002

Travis, Fred; Tecce, Joe; Arenander, Alarik; and Wallace, R. Keith. Patterns of EEG coherence, power, and contingent negative variation characterize the integration of transcendental and waking states. Biological Psychology 61: 293–319, 2002.

Participants in the Transcendental Meditation program who reported stabilized experience of Transcendental Consciousness during waking and sleeping displayed distinctive EEG patterns during task performance, indicating the integration of Transcendental Consciousness during activity, in comparison to two other groups of subjects who reported either occasional or rare experiences of Transcendental Consciousness in activity or sleep. These EEG patterns included higher 6-12 Hz EEG amplitude and higher broadband frontal EEG coherence during choice tasks, as well as contingent negative variation (CNV or preparatory response) differences associated with more efficient information processing.

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Year
2002
Journal
Biological Psychology
Publication type
Journal
Paper type
Empirical
Collected Papers
Vol. 7, pp. 4661–4678
Section
Electrophysiological and Electroencephalographic Changes

Findings (7)

Electroencephalographic

  • Improved Brain Functioning among Those Reporting Stabilized Transcendental Consciousness: Enhanced Attention Capability During Simple Reaction Time Task

    Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups

  • Improved Brain Functioning among Those Reporting Stabilized Transcendental Consciousness: More Efficient Attention Deployment During Choice Reaction Time Task

    Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups

  • Improved Brain Functioning among Those Reporting Stabilized Transcendental Consciousness: Higher Broadband Frontal EEG Coherence During Choice Reaction Time Task

    Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups

  • Improved Brain Functioning among Those Reporting Stabilized Transcendental Consciousness: Higher Theta-Alpha Frontal-Central-Parietal EEG Amplitude During Choice Reaction Time Task

    Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups

  • Improved Brain Functioning among Those Practicing Transcendental Meditation: Higher Broadband Frontal EEG Coherence During Transcendental Meditation

    Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups

  • Improved Brain Functioning among Those Practicing Transcendental Meditation: Higher Theta-Alpha Frontal EEG Coherence During Choice Reaction Time Task

    Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups

  • Sequential Improvement for Those Practicing Transcendental Meditation and for Those Reporting Stabilized Transcendental Consciousness on a Brain Integration Scale Derived from Multiple Measurements (Broadband Frontal EEG Coherence and Higher Theta-Alpha Frontal-Central-Parietal EEG Amplitude During Choice Reaction Time Task, More Efficient Attention Deployment During Choice Reaction Time Task); Results on Each of These Measures Correlated with Reports of Transcendental Experiences

    Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups

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