The Transcendental Meditation Technique, Working Memory, and Field Independence in School-aged Children
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The effect of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique on working memory and field independence was investigated in a twelve-week longitudinal time-series study in which the uMatch Me" computerized memory game and the Rod and Frame Test were administered daily to a matched pair of 11-year-old boys and a matched pair of 14-year-old girls. One of the boys and one of the girls began the TM technique after six weeks. The data were analyzed by factorial ANOVAs, which were appropriate because of absence of time-series autocorrelations or correlations between factors. The predicted improvement among experimental subjects in contrast to controls was found for the memory task and, for the younger male subjects, on the field independence measure. Experimental and control older female subjects both increased in field independence as a result of repeated measurement.
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