American Journal of Psychiatry
October 1980
D C Zuroff, J C Schwarz
In this questionnaire survey the authors measured the outcome among 20 students randomly assigned to muscle relaxation training and 19 assigned to transcendental mediatation at one year (the number of respondents in each group was 13 and 16, respectively) and two and one-half years (the number of respondents was 18 and 17, respectively). At both follow-ups there were no differences between the...
The Psychological Record
July 1, 1980
Nicholas P. Spaños, Jack Gottlieb, Stephen M. Rivers
Male students were pretested on absorption and three measures of hypnotic responsiveness, and were then randomly assigned to three treatments. One group meditated for eight sessions, while a second listened analytically to lectures about hypnosis for eight sessions. The third group was a no treatment control. Finally all students were posttested on absorption and hypnotic responsivity measures....
Buddhist Studies Review
May 29, 1980
Bhikkhu Nanajivako
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Psychological Medicine
May 1, 1980
Michael A. West
SYNOPSISPrevious research on meditation and the EEG is described, and findings relating to EEG patterns during meditation are discussed. Comparisons of meditation with other altered states are reviewed and it is concluded that, on the basis of existing EEG evidence, there is some reason for differentiating between meditation and drowsing. Research on alpha-blocking and habituation of the...
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
March 1980
Stephen Warrenburg, Robert R. Pagano, M Woods et al.
Oxygen consumption, electroencephalogram (EEG), and four other measures of somatic relaxation were monitored in groups of long-term practitioners of classical Jacobson's progressive relaxation (PR) and Transcendental Meditation (TM) and also in a group of novice PR trainees. All subjects (1) practiced relaxation or meditation (treatment), (2) sat with eyes closed (EC control), and (3) read from...
International Journal of Neuroscience
1980
T M McEvoy, L R Frumkin, S W Harkins
Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were measured in five advanced practitioners of Transcendental Meditation (TM) to determine whether such responses would reflect reported increases in perceptual acuity to auditory stimuli following meditation. The BAEP provides an objective physiological index of auditory function at a subcortical level. Repeated measures of the BAEPs of TM...
Archives of General Psychiatry
1980
Marjorie Raskin
91 citations
Recent articles have suggested that muscle biofeedback and transcendental meditation may be useful in treating chronic anxiety. To assess this, we conducted a controlled study comparing muscle biofeedback, transcendental mediation, and relaxation therapy. The study consisted of a six-week baseline period, six weeks of treatment, a six-week posttreatment observation period, and later follow-up....
Biofeedback and self-regulation
December 1979
L R Frumkin, Robert R. Pagano
Three experiments investigated the effects of transcendental meditation (TM) on iconic memory. The task involved reporting of digits shown tachistoscopically, using Sperling's partial-report technique. Experiment 1 was a pilot study involving a meditation group and a nonmeditation gropu. All subjects were run in a pretest/treatment/posttest design. During the treatment phase the meditation...
Criminal Justice and Behavior
March 1, 1979
Allen I. Abrams, Larry M. Siegel
The article responds to the challenge posed that findings by Abrams and Siegel on the TM Program at Folsom State Prison resulted from Rosenthal, experimental bias, effects, and that the data was parsimoniously interpreted by the authors. The authors noted that Rosenthal effects are not so pervasive that in every possible instance promising treatments should be discounted. Moreover, EPI Lie...
Psychosomatic Medicine
February 1, 1979
Ruth R. Michaels, Juan Parra, Daisy S. McCann et al.
54 citations
The effects of transcendental meditation (TM) on plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma concentrations of aldosterone, cortisol, and lactate were studied by measuring these variables before, during, and after 20--30 min of meditation. Subjects, who rested quietly rather than meditating, served as controls. There were no differences in the basal values for these variables between meditators and...