Psychological stress is common and contributes to many physical and mental health problems. Its effects are mediated by a complex neurobiological system centering in the brain with effectors including autonomic nervous system, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, inflammatory system, and gene expression. A stressor pushes the human physiological system away from its baseline state towards a low...

BACKGROUND Dementia is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder affecting an estimated 24.3 million people across the globe. The burden on those caring for people with dementia is substantial, with widespread implications for the caregiver, the care recipient and the community. Relaxation techniques, such as Transcendental Meditation® (TM), have been shown to reduce stress and anxiety in healthy ...

This paper investigates the role of consciousness for the field of physics. We propose that physics needs to include a systematic account of consciousness if it aims to offer a complete account of the physical world. The discovery of quantum mechanics, and of completely unified quantum field theories such as superstring theory, has resulted in a profound transformation in the world view of phys...

Mantras or 'chants' serve a crucial part in our lives to keep us focused and grounded, despite the fact that they are frequently linked with prayers, religious sacrifices, proverbial incantations. It can also seem mantras we recite every day differ from other practices several important ways. As transcendental vibration, were created influence particular facets of human well-being. Finding sens...

The present study was designed to assess the effects of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program on strength of the nervous system, perceptual reactance, reaction time, and auditory threshold. Three reaction time indices of strength of the nervous system were utilized: 1) Nebylitsyn's index, 2) the slope index, and 3) the low level stimulation index. Absolute auditory threshold was the fourth...

Asymmetrical shoulder, thoracic and buttock pressure affect ipsilateral nasal resistance, autonomic tone, and hemisphericity. This factor must be taken into consideration when conducting psychological experimentation, and, in fact, may have confounded much prior research. Badawi, K., R. K. Wallace, and D. Orme-Johnson, et al. Electrophysiologic characteristics of respiratory suspension periods ...

Ten randomly selected subjects who regularly practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique were compared with ten randomly selected nonmeditators with respect to their peiformance on a maze learning task. The meditators reached the criterion level of performance in a mean of 10.1 trials, whereas the nonmeditators required significantly more trials-a mean of22 .0 (p <.OJ; t-test). The medita...