Cortical plasticity, contingent negative variation, and transcendent experiences during practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.
Biological Psychology November 1, 2000 F Travis, J J Tecce, J Guttman
This study investigated effects of transcendent experiences on contingent negative variation (CNV) amplitude, CNV rebound, and distraction effects. Three groups of age-matched subjects with few (<1 per year), more frequent (10-20 per year), or daily self-reported transcendent experiences received 31 simple RT trials (flash (S(1))/tone (S(2))/button press) followed by 31 divided-attention trials...