Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
1977
James F. Malec, Carl N. Sipprelle
17 citations
Forty male undergraduate volunteers were assigned to one of four groups. During the treatment period, the control group was asked to “just sit there.” The deactivation demand, neutral demand, and activation demand groups were shown a videotape demonstrating the Zen meditation exercise “counting breaths” and modeling and suggesting relaxation outcome, no specific outcome, and arousal outcome for...
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
1977
Winston L. King
4 citations
The attainment of cessation (nirodha-samāpatti) is the highest meditational state possible in Theravada Buddhism. Those in this state are to all appearances dead, for it is the extinction of all feeling and perception, continuing for as long as seven days. It is seen as the actual realization of Nibbana in this life. The basic technique of this achievement is yogic. The meditator proceeds...
uO Research
1977
K. Busby
Abstract not available.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
October 1, 1976
Herbert B. Puryear, Charles Thomas Cayce, Mark A. Thurston
The effects of a new meditation technique were investigated; 159 A.R.E. members were randomly assigned either to a treatment or control group with the former learning the new technique using a home-study workbook manual and the latter continuing their customary meditational techniques. Analysis of variance (repeated measures) was used to compare group means of the scale scores yielded by two...
Perceptual and Motor Skills
October 1, 1976
L. R. T. Williams, B. L. Vickerman
46 college female volunteers were given 66 10-sec. trials on the pursuit rotor task in 3 practice sessions (18, 30, and 18 trials/session). After the first 18 trials, the 23 subjects who were practiced Transcendental Meditators meditated for a 20-min. period followed by a 5-min. “waking” phase prior to the performance of a further 30 trials on the rotor. A 4-min. rest was taken before resuming...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
October 1, 1976
G D Grâce
The purpose of this research was to verify the effect of Zen meditation on personality and values. Two groups of Ss were formed, an experimental group of 9 Ss and a control group of 14 Ss. The California Psychological Inventory and the Study of Values were administered to both groups at the beginning and at the end of the experiment. The EG practised Zen meditation for the 5 months between the...
Psychological Reports
October 1, 1976
Arnold A. Lazarus
87 citations
Like many procedures, Transcendental Meditation (TM) proves extremely effective when applied to properly selected cases by informed practitioners. It is not a panacea. In fact, when used indiscriminately, there are clinical indications that the procedure can precipitate serious psychiatric problems such as depression, agitation, and even schizophrenic decompensation.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
August 1, 1976
L. R. T. Williams, P. G. Herbert
30 college male meditators had a 20-min. meditation followed by a 6-min. waking phase prior to 5-min. continuous practice on the pursuit rotor task. This was followed by a 4-min. rest then a further 2-min. of pursuit rotor practice. A similar group of college males who were non-meditators ( N = 30) followed the same procedures except that instead of meditating they sat quietly for the initial...
Science
June 18, 1976
Ruth R. Michaels, M. J. Huber, Daisy S. McCann
95 citations
Transcendental meditation is said to induce in its practitioners an altered state of consciousness resulting in relief of stress, an increased sense of awareness, and a sense of well-being. Release of catecholamines has been associated widely with stress and lends itself to quantitation. Plasma epinephrine and norephinephrine, as well as lactate, were measured in 12 volunteers before, during,...
Perspectives in biology and medicine
March 1, 1976
Julian M. Davidson
130 citations
If the proper study of mankind is man, it is a paradox worth pondering that consciousness, the receptacle of all that is truly human, has not yet found a place in the life sciences. This is not to imply that neuroscientists are uninterested in physiological correlates and mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness, or that psychopharmacologists are not intensively investigating psychoactive drugs, and...