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Scientific Research

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Effects During the Practice of the TM Technique »

Deep Rest
  1. American Psychologist 42 (1987): 879–88
  2. L’Encéphale [The Brain] 10 (1984): 139-144
  3. American Journal of Physiology 221 (1971): 795–799.
  4. Science 167 (1970): 1751–175
Increased EEG Coherence
  1. Psychophysiology 28 (3a) (1991): S58.
  2. Psychosomatic Medicine 46 (1984): 267–276.
  3. Proceedings of the San Diego Biomedical Symposium 15 (1976).
Increased Blood Flow to the Brain
  1. American Journal of Physiology 235(1)(1978): R89–R9
  2. The Physiologist 21 (1978): 60.
  3. Psychophysiology 13 (1976): 168.
Increased Muscle Relaxation
  1. Psychopathométrié 4 (1978): 437–438.
  2. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 35 (1973): 143–15
Decreased Stress Hormone (Plasma Cortisol)
  1. Journal of Biomedicine 1 (1980): 73–88.
  2. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 7 (1980): 75–76.
  3. Hormones and Behavior 10(1)(1978): 54–60.
  4. Experientia 34 (1978): 618–619.

Unfoldment of Greater Mental Capacity »

Improved Brain Functioning
  1. Acta Medica Okayama, 60(1) (2006): 51-58.
  2. Signal Processing, 85(11) (2005): 2213-223
  3. Brain patterns of Self-awareness. In B Beitman and J Nair, Eds. Self-Awareness Deficits. New York: W.W.Norton, 200
  4. Human Physiology 25 (1999): 171-180.
  5. Sleep 20 (2) (1997): 102-110.
  6. Psychophysiology 31 Abstract (1994): S67.
  7. Psychophysiology 28 (3a) (1991): S58.
  8. Psychophysiology 27 Supplement (1990): 4A.
  9. Psychophysiology 26 (1989): 529.
  10. Psychosomatic Medicine 46(3) (1984): 267–276.
  11. L’Encéphale [The Brain] 10 (1984): 139-14
  12. Journal of Moral Education 12 (1983): 166-17
  13. Experimental Neurology 79 (1983): 77-86.
  14. International Journal of Neuroscience 14 (1981): 147–15
  15. International Journal of Neuroscience15 (1981): 151-157.
  16. International Journal of Neuroscience13 (1981): 211-217.
  17. International Journal of Neuroscience 10 (1980): 165-170.
  18. Progress in Brain Research 54 (1980): 447-45
  19. Psychophysiology 14 (1977): 293-296.
Increased Blood Flow to the Brain
  1. Physiology & Behavior, 59(3) (1996): 399-40
  2. American Journal of Physiology 235(1) (1978): R89–R9
  3. The Physiologist 21 (1978): 60.
  4. Psychophysiology 13 (1976): 168
Increased Flexibility of Brain Functioning
  1. Biological Psychology, 55 (2000): 41-55.
Increased Efficiency of Information Transfer in the Brain
  1. Psychophysiology 26 (1989): 529
  2. Motivation, Motor and Sensory Processes of the Brain, Progress in Brain Research 54 (1980): 447–45
  3. International Journal of Neuroscience 10 (1980): 165–170.
Mobilization of the Latent reserves of the Brain
  1. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Physiological and Biochemical Basis of Brain Activity. St. Petersburg, Russia. (June 22-24, 1994)
Increased Intelligence
  1. Intelligence 29/5 (2001): 419-440.
  2. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences 12 (1991): 1105–111
  3. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62 (1986): 731–738.
  4. Journal of Clinical Psychology 42 (1986): 161–16
  5. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62 (1986): 731-738.
  6. College Student Journal 15 (1981): 140-146.
  7. Gedrag: Tijdschrift voor Psychologie [Behavior: Journal of Psychology] 3 (1975): 167–18
Increased Creativity
  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 57 (1989): 950-96
  2. The Journal of Creative Behavior 19 (1985): 270-275
  3. Journal of Creative Behavior 13 (1979): 169-180
Improved Memory
  1. Memory and Cognition 10 (1982): 207–215

Benefits to Physical Health »

Decreased Medical Care Utilization and Hospitalization
  1. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17(1) (2005): 415-44
  2. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 95(1) (1998): A56.
  3. The American Journal of Managed Care 3 (1997): 135-14
  4. American Journal of Health Promotion 10 (1996): 208-216.
  5. Japanese Journal of Industrial Health 32 (1990): 656.
  6. Japanese Journal of Public Health 37 (10 Suppl.) (1990): 729.
  7. Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987): 493-507.
Decreased Health Care Expenditures
  1. The American Journal of Health Promotion 14 (2000): 284-29
  2. The American Journal of Managed Care 3 (1997): 135-14
  3. American Journal of Health Promotion, (1996): 208-216.
  4. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 95 (1)(1988): A56.
  5. Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987): 493-507.
Reduction in Pain
  1. NeuroReport 17(12) (2006): 1359-6
    [full article]
  2. Psychosomatic Medicine 43(2) (1981): 157-16
  3. American Journal of Cardiology 77, 867-870. [abstract]
Reduced Stress
  1. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17(1), 235–276, 2005.
  2. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences 1032 (2005):211-215.
  3. American Journal of Health Promotion 12 (1998): 297-299.
  4. Journal of the National Medical Association, 89 (1997): 464-476.
  5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 746 (1994):381-38
  6. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 16(3) (1992): 415-2
  7. American Psychologist 42 (1987): 879–88
  8. Journal of Biomedicine 1 (1980): 73–88.
  9. Experientia 34(5) (1978): 618-9.
  10. Hormones and Behavior 10(1) (1978): 54-60.
  11. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973), 341-349.
Decreased Insomnia
  1. Läkartidningen 74(47) (1997): 4212–421
  2. National Institutes of Health Technology Assessment Conference on Integration of Behavior and Relaxation Approaches into the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Insominia, Bethesda Maryland: National Institutes of Health (1995).
  3. Japanese Journal of Public Health 34 (1990):729.
  4. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212-215.
  5. The New Zealand Family Physician 9 (1982): 62–65.
Healthier Response to Stress
  1. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 33 (1989): 29–33
  2. Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987): 212–21
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  4. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
Faster Recovery From Stress
  1. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 51 (2001), 597-605.
  2. International Journal of Neuroscience 46 (1989): 77–86.
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1985): 212-215.
  4. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
Faster Reflex Responses
  1. . Perceptual and Motor Skills 50 (1980): 1103–1106.
Increased Stability of the Autonomic Nervous System
  1. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
  2. Psychosomatic Medicine 44 (1982): 133–15
Improved Physiological Stability During Task Performance
  1. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal. 6 (1993): 245–26
Increased Efficiency of Information Transfer in the Brain
  1. Motivation, Motor and Sensory Processes of the Brain, Progress in Brain Research 54 (1980): 447–45
  2. International Journal of Neuroscience 10 (1980): 165–170.
  3. Psychophysiology 26 (1989): 529.
  4. Zeitschrift für Elektroenzephalographie und Elektromyographie EEG-EMG 7 (1976): 99–10
Improvements in Post-Traumatic Adjustment Problems
  1. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
Reversal of Aging
  1. Homeostasis 35 (1994): 243-26
  2. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 15 (1992): 327-34
  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 57 (1989): 950–96
  4. International Journal of Neuroscience 16 (1982): 53–58.
  5. Journal of Behavioral Medicine (1986): 327–33
  6. Journal of Clinical Psychology 42 (1986): 161–16
Increased Longevity
  1. American Journal of Cardiology 95 (2005): 1060-106 [full article]
  2. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17(1) (2005): 201-216.
  3. Ethnicity and Disease 11 (2001): 159-60.
  4. Circulation, 93
  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 57 (1989): 950–96
Decreased Alcohol and Drug Use
  1. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 219-236.
  2. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 89-117.
  3. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 13-87.
  4. International Journal of the Addictions 26 (1991): 293–325
  5. Bulletin on Narcotics 40(1) (1988): 51–56, 1988.
  6. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215
  7. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2 (1983): 28–3
  8. Zeitschrift für klinische Psychologie [Journal for Clinical Psychology] 7(4) (1978): 235–255.
  9. International Journal of the Addictions 12 (1977): 729–75
  10. American Journal of Psychiatry 132 (1975): 942-945.
  11. American Journal of Psychiatry 131 (1974): 60–6
  12. Drug Abuse: Proceedings of the International Conference, ed. Chris J.D. Zarafonetis (Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger) (1972): 369-376.
Decreased Smoking
  1. Alcoholism Treatment quarterly 11 (1994): 13-87.
  2. International Journal of the Addictions 26 (1991): 293–325.
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  4. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2 (1983): 28–3
  5. International Journal of the Addictions 12 (1977): 729–75
  6. American Journal of Psychiatry 132 (1975): 942–945.
Improved Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Patients
  1. Integrative Cancer Therapies 8 (3) (2009) 228-234.
Improved vitality, physical well-being, mental health, and social function in subjects with HIV
  1. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV2013.

Reduced Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors »

Reduced Atherosclerosis/Stroke
  1. American Journal of Cardiology April (2002).
  2. Stroke 3 1 (2000): 568-57 [full article]
Lower Blood Pressure
  1. American Journal of Hypertension 21(3) (2008): 310-6.
  2. Current Hypertension Reports 9 (2007): 520–52 [full article]
  3. American Journal of Hypertension 18(1) (2005): 88-9 [full article]
  4. American Journal of Cardiology 95 (2005):1060-106 [full article]
  5. American Journal of Hypertension 17 (2004): 366-369.
  6. Psychosomatic Medicine, 61, 88, (1999): 525-53
  7. Journal of the National Medical Association, 89, (1997): 464-476.
  8. Hypertension 28 (1996): 228-237. [full article]
  9. Hypertension 26 (1995): 820-82 [full article]
  10. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 57 (1989): 950–96
  11. Psychosomatic Medicine 45 (1983): 41–46.
  12. Harefuah [the Journal of the Israel Medical Association] 95(1)(1978): 1
  13. Psychosomatic Medicine 37 (1975): 86.
  14. Circulation 45 and 46 (1972): 516.
Reduced Metabolic Syndrome/Pre-Diabetes
  1. Archives of Internal Medicine 166 (2006): 1218-122 [full article]
Decreased Serum Cholesterol Levels
  1. Journal of Biomedicine 1 (1980): 73–88.
  2. Journal of Human Stress 5(4)(1979): 24–27.
  3. Harefuah [the Journal of the Israel Medical Association] 95 (1978): 1
Reduced Congestive Heart Failure
  1. Ethnicity and Disease 17: (2006): 72-77 [full article]
  2. American Journal of Cardiology, May 1996
Decreased Free Radicals
  1. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 14 (2008): 241-250.
  2. Psychosomatic Medicine 60 (1998): 38-4
  3. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 12 (1998): 31-38.
Review Papers on Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors
  1. Current Hypertension Reviews2 (2006): 207-218.
  2. Ethnicity and Disease16 (3 Suppl 4) (2006): 15-26. [full article]
  3. Cardiology in Review12(5) (2004): 262-26 [full article]
  4. Behavioral Medicine 28 (2002): 106-12
  5. Ethnicity and Disease 11 (2001): 159-60.
  6. Homeostasis 35 (1994): 243-26

Benefits To Mental Health/Increased Integration of Personality »

Increased Tolerance
  1. The Journal of Psychology 99 (1978): 121–127.
  2. Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1978): 3372B –3373B.
  3. Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1978): 3895B.
Increased Self-Confidence and Self-Actualization
  1. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17(1) (2005): 93–12
  2. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 17 (210) (2005): 21-4
  3. Transcendence and mature thought in adulthood: The further reaches of adult development. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 199 39-70.
  4. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 6 (1991): 189–247.
  5. Higher Stages of Human Development: Perspectives on Adult Growth (New York: Oxford University Press,1990), 286–34
  6. Journal of Psychology 124(2) (1990): 177–197.
  7. British Journal of Psychology 73 (1982): 57-68.
  8. College Student Journal 15 (1981): 140–146.
  9. Journal of Counseling Psychology 20 (1973): 565-566.
  10. Journal of Counseling Psychology 19 (1972): 184–187.
Improved Perception
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 64 (1987): 1003–101
  2. Perceptual and Motor Skills 49 (1979): 270.
Increased Efficiency of Perception and Memory
  1. Memory and Cognition 10 (1982): 207–21
Orientation Toward Positive Values
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 64 (1987): 1003–101
  2. Improved Problem Solving Ability
  3. Personality and Individual Differences 12 (1991): 1105–1116.
Faster Recovery From Stress
  1. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 51 (2001), 597-605.
  2. International Journal of Neuroscience 46 (1989): 77–86.
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1985): 212-215.
  4. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
Healthier Response to Stress
  1. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
  2. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  3. Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987): 212–21
  4. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 33 (1989): 29–3
Improvements in Post-Traumatic Adjustment Problems
  1. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
Decreased Hostility
  1. Criminal Justice and Behavior 6 (1979): 13–2
  2. Criminal Justice and Behavior 5 (1978): 3–20.
Improved Left Hemispheric Functioning—Improved Verbal and Analytical Thinking
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62 (1986): 731–738.
  2. The Journal of Creative Behavior 19 (1985): 270–275.
  3. The Journal of Creative Behavior 13 (1979): 169–180.
Improved Right Hemispheric Functioning—Improved Synthetic and Holistic Thinking
  1. The Journal of Creative Behavior 13 (1979): 169–180.
  2. Journal of Clinical Psychology 42 (1986): 161–16
  3. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 2 (1977): 407–415.
Increased Field Independence—Increased Resistance to Distraction and Social Pressure
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 65 (1987): 613–61
  2. Perceptual and Motor Skills 59 (1984): 999-1000.
  3. Perceptual and Motor Skills 39 (1974): 1031–103
Reduced Anxiety
  1. Stress, Anxiety and Coping, 6 (1993): 245-262
  2. Journal of Clinical Psychology 45 (1989): 957-97
  3. Journal of Clinical Psychology 33 (1977): 1076-1078.
  4. Hospital & Community Psychiatry 26 (1975): 156-159.
Decreased Depression
  1. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  2. Verlag Geist und Psyche, 1979.
  3. Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie 7 (1978):235-255.
  4. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 16(3) (1976): 51–60.
  5. Gedrag: Tijdschrift voor Psychologie [Behavior: Journal of Psychology] 4 (1976): 206–218.
Improved Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Patients
  1. Integrative Cancer Therapies 8 (3) (2009) 228-234.
Improved vitality, physical well-being, mental health, and social function in subjects with HIV
  1. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV2013.

Benefits to Social Relationships and Family Life »

Increased Tolerance
  1. The Journal of Psychology 99 (1978): 121–127.
  2. Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1978): 3372B –3373B.
  3. Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1978): 3895B.
Orientation Toward Positive Values
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 64 (1987): 1003–101
Reduced Anxiety
  1. Stress, Anxiety and Coping, 6 (1993): 245-262
  2. Journal of Clinical Psychology 45 (1989): 957-97
  3. Journal of Clinical Psychology 33 (1977): 1076-1078.
  4. Hospital & Community Psychiatry 26 (1975): 156-159.
Decreased Depression
  1. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  2. Verlag Geist und Psyche, 1979.
  3. Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie 7 (1978):235-255.
  4. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 16(3) (1976): 51–60.
  5. Gedrag: Tijdschrift voor Psychologie [Behavior: Journal of Psychology] 4 (1976): 206–218.
Decreased Alcohol and Drug Use
  1. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 219-236.
  2. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 89-117.
  3. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 13-87.
  4. International Journal of the Addictions 26 (1991): 293–325
  5. Bulletin on Narcotics 40(1) (1988): 51–56, 1988.
  6. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215
  7. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2 (1983): 28–3
  8. Zeitschrift für klinische Psychologie [Journal for Clinical Psychology] 7(4) (1978): 235–255.
  9. International Journal of the Addictions 12 (1977): 729–75
  10. American Journal of Psychiatry 132: 942-945, 1975.
  11. American Journal of Psychiatry 131 (1974): 60–6
  12. Drug Abuse: Proceedings of the International Conference, ed. Chris J.D. Zarafonetis (Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger) (1972): 369-376.
Decreased Smoking
  1. Alcoholism Treatment quarterly 11 (1994): 13-87.
  2. International Journal of the Addictions 26 (1991): 293–325.
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  4. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2 (1983): 28–33
  5. International Journal of the Addictions 12 (1977): 729–75
  6. American Journal of Psychiatry 132 (1975): 942–945.
Decreased Hostility
  1. Criminal Justice and Behavior 6 (1979): 13–2
  2. Criminal Justice and Behavior 5 (1978): 3–20

Benefits to Job Performance »

Increased Intelligence
  1. Intelligence 29/5 (2001): 419-440.
  2. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences 12 (1991): 1105–1116.
  3. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62 (1986): 731–738.
  4. Journal of Clinical Psychology 42 (1986): 161–16
  5. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62 (1986): 731-738.
  6. College Student Journal 15 (1981): 140-146.
  7. Gedrag: Tijdschrift voor Psychologie [Behavior: Journal of Psychology] 3 (1975): 167–18
Increased Creativity
  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 57 (1989): 950-96
  2. The Journal of Creative Behavior 19 (1985): 270-275.
  3. Journal of Creative Behavior 13 (1979): 169-180.
Improved Memory
  1. Memory and Cognition 10 (1982): 207–215
Healthier Response to Stress
  1. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 33 (1989): 29–33
  2. Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987): 212–21
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  4. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
Faster Recovery From Stress
  1. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 51 (2001), 597-605.
  2. International Journal of Neuroscience 46 (1989): 77–86.
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1985): 212-215.
  4. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
Faster Reflex Responses
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 50 (1980): 1103–1106.
Increased Stability of the Autonomic Nervous System
  1. Psychosomatic Medicine 35 (1973): 341–349.
  2. Psychosomatic Medicine 44 (1982): 133–15
Improved Physiological Stability During Task Performance
  1. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal. 6 (1993): 245–26
Decreased Hostility
  1. Criminal Justice and Behavior 6 (1979): 13–2
  2. Criminal Justice and Behavior 5 (1978): 3–20
Increased Tolerance
  1. The Journal of Psychology 99 (1978): 121–127.
  2. Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1978): 3372B –3373B.
  3. Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1978): 3895B.
Decreased Alcohol and Drug Use
  1. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 219-236.
  2. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 89-117.
  3. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11 (1994): 13-87.
  4. International Journal of the Addictions 26 (1991): 293–325
  5. Bulletin on Narcotics 40(1) (1988): 51–56, 1988.
  6. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215
  7. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2 (1983): 28–3
  8. Zeitschrift für klinische Psychologie [Journal for Clinical Psychology] 7(4) (1978): 235–255.
  9. International Journal of the Addictions 12 (1977): 729–75
  10. American Journal of Psychiatry 132: 942-945, 1975.
  11. American Journal of Psychiatry 131 (1974): 60–6
  12. Drug Abuse: Proceedings of the International Conference, ed. Chris J.D. Zarafonetis (Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger) (1972): 369-376.
Decreased Smoking
  1. Alcoholism Treatment quarterly 11 (1994): 13-87.
  2. International Journal of the Addictions 26 (1991): 293–325.
  3. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  4. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2 (1983): 28–33
  5. International Journal of the Addictions 12 (1977): 729–75
  6. American Journal of Psychiatry 132 (1975): 942–945.
Increased Self-Confidence and Self-Actualization
  1. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 17(1) (2005): 93–12
  2. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 17 (210) (2005): 21-46.
  3. Transcendence and mature thought in adulthood: The further reaches of adult development. Lanham,Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 19939-70.
  4. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 6 (1991): 189–247.
  5. Higher Stages of Human Development: Perspectives on Adult Growth (New York: Oxford University Press,1990), 286–34
  6. Journal of Psychology 124(2) (1990): 177–197.
  7. British Journal of Psychology 73 (1982): 57-68.
  8. College Student Journal 15 (1981): 140–146.
  9. Journal of Counseling Psychology 20 (1973): 565-566.
  10. Journal of Counseling Psychology 19 (1972): 184–187.
Increased Efficiency of Perception and Memory
  1. Memory and Cognition 10 (1982): 207–215.
Orientation Toward Positive Values
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 64 (1987): 1003–101
Improved Problem Solving Ability
  1. Personality and Individual Differences 12 (1991): 1105–1116.
Improved Left Hemispheric Functioning—Improved Verbal and Analytical Thinking
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62 (1986): 731–738.
  2. The Journal of Creative Behavior 19 (1985): 270–275.
  3. The Journal of Creative Behavior 13 (1979): 169–180.
Improved Right Hemispheric Functioning—Improved Synthetic and Holistic Thinking
  1. The Journal of Creative Behavior 13 (1979): 169–180.
  2. Journal of Clinical Psychology 42 (1986): 161–16
  3. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 2 (1977): 407–415.
Increased Field Independence—Increased Resistance to Distraction and Social Pressure
  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills 65 (1987): 613–61
  2. Perceptual and Motor Skills 59 (1984): 999-1000.
  3. Perceptual and Motor Skills 39 (1974): 1031–103
Reduced Anxiety
  1. Stress, Anxiety and Coping, 6 (1993): 245-262
  2. Journal of Clinical Psychology 45 (1989): 957-97
  3. Journal of Clinical Psychology 33 (1977): 1076-1078.
  4. Hospital & Community Psychiatry 26 (1975): 156-159.
Decreased Depression
  1. Journal of Counseling and Development 64 (1986): 212–215.
  2. Verlag Geist und Psyche, 1979.
  3. Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie 7 (1978):235-255.
  4. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 16(3) (1976): 51–60.
  5. Gedrag: Tijdschrift voor Psychologie [Behavior: Journal of Psychology] 4 (1976): 206–218.
Worksite Stress Reduction
  1.  Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 17/1 (2005): 235–276
Leadership Development and Self-development
  1.  Career Development International, 4 /3 (1999): 149–154
Stress-reduction, Improved Health, and Employee Development
  1.  Stress, Anxiety and Coping, 6 (1993): 245–262
Improved Work and Personal Relationships
  1. Stress, Anxiety and Coping, 6 (1993): 245–262
Transcendental Meditation and Productivity
  1. Academy of Management Journal, 17 (1974): 362-368
The TM Program in Business
  1. Journal of Business & Psychology, 10/4 (1996): 429–444
Consciousness-based Management
  1. Journal of Transnational Management Development, 5/3 (2000): 61–85
Increased Efficiency and Productivity
  1. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 17(1) (2005): 235–276.
  2. Intelligence, 29(5) (2001): 419-440.
  3. Journal of Transnational Management Development, 5, (3) (2000): 61–85.
  4. Career Development International, 4, (3) (1999): 149–15
  5. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 11, (4) (1996): 3–2
  6. Journal of Business & Psychology, 10, (4) (1996): 429–44
  7. Stress, Anxiety and Coping, 6 (1993): 245–26
  8. Proceedings of the Association of Management, Human Resource Management 2 (1990): 133–137.
  9. Perceptual and Motor Skills 50 (1980): 1103-1106.
  10. Perceptual and Motor Skills 46 (1978): 726.
  11. Perceptual and Motor Skills 38 (1974): 1263-1268.
  12. Academy of Management Journal 17 (1974): 362-368.
Reduced Conflict
  1. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 17 (2005): 285-338.
  2. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36 (2003): 283-30
  3. Social Indicators Research 22 (1990): 399-418.
  4. Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association) (1990): 297-30
  5. Journal of Conflict Resolution 34 (1990): 756–768.
  6. Social Science Perspectives Journal, 2(4) (1988): 80–9
  7. Journal of Conflict Resolution 32 (1998): 776-81
Improved Economics, Social Trends and Quality of Life
  1. Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association) (1996): 38-4
  2. Psychological Reports 76 (1995): 1171-119
  3. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section (Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association) (1989): 565-570.
  4. Proceedings of the Midwest Management Society (Chicago, IL: Midwest Management Society) (1989): 183-190.
  5. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section (Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association) (1988): 491-496.
  6. Social Science Perspectives Journal 2(4) (1988):127-146.
  7. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section (Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association) (1987): 799-80
  8. The Journal of Mind and Behavior 8 (1987): 67-10

Review Papers on Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors »

Lower Blood Pressure
  1. Current Hypertension Reviews 8 (2012): 227-242 [abstract]

How TM practice is different from other meditations

TM increases mindfulness effortlessly
  1. Journal of Clinical Psychology 65 (2009): 574-5
TM practitioners feel less old than practitioners of mindfulness and relaxation response
  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57 (1989): 950–964
TM improves cognitive flexibility, memory, blood pressure, and longevity more than mindfulness and relaxation response techniques.
  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57 (1989): 950–964
Effects of stress reduction on carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensives comparing TM and health education
  1. Stroke, 31 (2000): 568–573
TM practice reduces trait anxiety at least twice as effectively as other techniques studied
  1. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45 (1989): 957–974
Increased self-actualization: TM is more than twice as effective as other meditation techniques (a meta-analysis of 42 studies)
  1. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 6 (1991): 189–247
TM is most effective in treating and preventing alcohol, nicotine, and drug abuse (a meta-analysis of 97 studies)
  1. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 11 (1994): 13–88
TM is most effective in stress reduction programs in patients with high blood pressure compared to progressive muscular relaxation, biofeedback, and stress management (a meta-analysis of 17 studies)
  1. Current Hypertension Reports, 9 (2007): 520–528

American College of Cardiology

During its annual convention, the ACC hosted a symposium on the research conducted at more than a dozen independent universities and medical schools on the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique for reducing heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cholesterol, atherosclerosis, and heart failure. MORE

National Institutes of Health

The NIH has awarded more than $24 million to study the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation technique for improving brain functioning and cardiovascular health during the past 20 years. MORE

American Medical Association

The AMA’s journal Archives of Internal Medicine published a recent study showing the TM technique is highly effective in preventing the risk factors for high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity.MORE

American Psychological Association

During its annual conference last year, the APA featured research on the TM technique that documents the positive, long-term benefits of the practice for self-actualization and self-development. MORE