Zen meditation and access to information in the unconscious.
Consciousness and Cognition September 1, 2012 Madelijn Strick, Tirza H J Van Noorden, Rients R Ritskes et al.
Across two experiments using different research paradigms, Zen meditation improved access to unconscious information. Zen practitioners who meditated in the lab outperformed those who did not on the Remote Associate Test, a measure of creative problem-solving. In a second task, meditating Zen practitioners showed greater use of subliminally primed words compared to non-meditating practitioners. The findings suggest that Zen meditation enhances the ability to bring accessible but unconscious information into awareness.