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Psychiatric Bulletin August 1, 1994 Kedar Nath Dwivedi 4 citations
Buddhism started in India in the 6th century BC. It is not a faith, but a way of life that includes maintaining virtuous and moral conduct (Sila), improving the concentration of the mind (Samadhi) and developing insight or wisdom (Panna).
International Journal of Neuroscience May 1994 Shirley Telles, R Nagarathna, Hr Nagendra et al.
Middle latency auditory evoked potentials were recorded in 18 male volunteers with ages between 25 and 45 years, 9 of whom had more than 10 years of experience in "Om" meditation (senior subjects), whereas the other 9 had no meditation experience (naive subjects). Both groups were studied in two types of sessions. (1) Before, during, and after 20 minutes of mentally repeating "one" (control...
Biofeedback and self-regulation March 1994 K K Deepak, S K Manchanda, M C Maheshwari
Eleven adults suffering from drug-resistant epilepsies were given meditation practice, while another nine adults acted as waiting list controls. All patients were on antiepileptic drugs and their serum drug levels were monitored regularly. Patients in the intervention group were given training in meditation, and they practiced meditation 20 minutes a day for one year. They showed a significant...
Perceptual and Motor Skills February 1, 1994 Joseph H. Pearl, Alfred F. Carlozzi
Comparison of a group practicing Clinically Standardized Meditation ( n = 24) for 8 wk. and a no-treatment control group ( n = 26) showed that meditation diminished anxiety but had no effect on empathy.
The Behavior Analyst 1994 W R Street
Social psychologists have responded to research reporting low agreement between attitude measures and related behavior with attempts to explain the incongruities and enhance agreement. This article examines attitude-behavior incongruity from a behavior-analytic point of view. Traditional and behavior-analytic views of attitudes and behaviors are compared. In the behavior-analytic view,...
The Humanistic Psychologist 1994 Shinzen Young 14 citations
This article was originally presented orally by Shinzen Young as the opening talk of a retreat he led, on the practice of Vipassana meditation. The editor decided to retain its flavor as a talk by keeping intact the conversational aspects of the presentation as it was first given.
Perceptual and Motor Skills December 1, 1993 Lee Fergusson
This study confirmed that scores on the Group Embedded Figures Test of 106 undergraduate art students from four universities were positively correlated .32 with grade point average, .27 with artistic ability, and .21 with how students perceived their own artistic competence in relation to peers. The 12 art students who practiced Transcendental Meditation tended to score higher on the test of...
General Hospital Psychiatry September 1, 1993 K H Kaplan, D L Goldenberg, M Galvin-Nadeau
Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and resistance to treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program on fibromyalgia. Seventy-seven patients meeting the 1990 criteria of the American College of Rheumatology for fibromyalgia took part in a 10-week group outpatient...
International Journal of Psychophysiology September 1993 Shirley Telles, T Desiraju
This report presents the changes in various autonomic and respiratory variables during the practice of Brahmakumaris Raja yoga meditation. This practice requires considerable commitment and involves concentrated thinking. 18 males in the age range of 20 to 52 years (mean 34.1 +/- 8.1), with 5-25 years experience in mediation (mean 10.1 +/- 6.2), participated in the study. Each subject was...
Indian Journal of Psychiatry April 1, 1993 V. Vahia, H. Shetty, Shakera Motiwala et al.
A study was conducted to compare the efficacy of meditation with that of imipramine and chlordiazepoxide in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. At the end of five weeks, meditation was found to be as effective as pharmacotherapy in controlling symptoms of anxiety. It was superior in altering trait anxiety (TMAS Scores). Meditation is an easy to learn and cost effective therapy. It...