Sleep during Transcendental Meditation
Joel Younger, Wayne Adriance, Ralph J. Berger
Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1, 1975 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1975.40.3.953 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractDuring Transcendental Meditation, most experienced practitioners showed clear signs of physiological sleep in their EEG and EOG recordings, with 6 out of 8 subjects spending considerable portions of their meditation periods asleep.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 8 |
| Population | Experienced practitioners of Transcendental Meditation |
| Intervention | Transcendental Meditation |
| Citations | 37 |
| Key finding | 6 of 8 experienced meditators spent considerable portions of their meditation periods in unambiguous physiological sleep. |
Abstract
Electroencephalograms (EEGs) and DC electrooculograms (EOGs) were recorded during Transcendental Meditation periods for 8 experienced Ss. The records, scored blind showed that all but 2 Ss spent considerable portions of their meditation periods in unambiguous physiological sleep.