The Contribution of Proposed Field Effects of Consciousness to the Prevention of US Accidental Fatalities: Theory and Empirical Tests
Cavanaugh, Kenneth L.; Dillbeck, Michael C. (2017). The Contribution of Proposed Field Effects of Consciousness to the Prevention of US Accidental Fatalities: Theory and Empirical Tests. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 24(1–2), 53–86.
Analyzes monthly U.S. motor-vehicle and other accidental-fatality data from 2002–2010 in relation to group TM/TM-Sidhi practice during 2007–2010. Uses intervention models and discusses competing explanations. Although the PDF carries a 2016 copyright notice, the verified journal issue is dated 2017.
- Year
- 2017
- Journal
- Journal of Consciousness Studies
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Section
- Quality of Life
Findings (3)
Sociological—Reduced Accidents
The authors estimated an average annual 5.24% downward change relative to the modelled prior motor-vehicle fatality trend, controlling for vehicle miles travelled.
Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect
The authors estimated an average annual 3.38% downward change relative to the modelled prior trend in other accidental fatalities.
Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect
Both series showed statistically significant trend changes in the predicted period after adjustment for prior trends, seasonality, and autocorrelation; the design does not establish causation.
Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect