Transcending as a Driver of Development
Travis, Frederick (2016). Transcending as a Driver of Development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1373(1), 72–77.
Integrates research on brain maturation, cognitive development, and meditation to propose that different experiences support development at different ages. Transcending is proposed as a possible driver of development beyond adult abstract thinking; the article reports no new intervention trial.
- Year
- 2016
- Journal
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Theoretical
- Section
- Research Review
Findings (3)
Theoretical and Review Paper—Physiology
Reviews evidence that experience interacts with brain maturation throughout life.
Transcendental Meditation · Theoretical and Review Paper
Theoretical Paper—Consciousness
Proposes automatic self-transcending meditation as a possible support for development beyond formal operational thinking, rather than demonstrating that hypothesis in a new experiment.
Transcendental Meditation · Theoretical and Review Paper
Review Paper—Education
Reviews previously published TM research on student anxiety, resilience, academic performance, and graduation.
Transcendental Meditation · Theoretical and Review Paper