Physiological patterns during practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique compared with patterns while reading Sanskrit and a modern language.
The International journal of neuroscience July 2001 F Travis, T Olson, T Egenes et al.
This study tested the prediction that reading Vedic Sanskrit texts, without knowledge of their meaning, produces a distinct physiological state. We measured EEG, breath rate, heart rate, and skin conductance during: (1) 15-min Transcendental Meditation (TM) practice; (2) 15-min reading verses of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit; and (3) 15-min reading the same verses translated in German, Spanish,...