Unbiasing the Brain: The Effects of Meditation upon The Cerebral Hemispheres.

Meissner, John; Pirot, Michael

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Publication Date: 1983

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Unbiasing the Brain: The Effects of Meditation upon The Cerebral Hemispheres.

Meissner, John; Pirot, Michael

Social Behavior and Personality, v11 n1 p65-76 1983

Assessed the effects of Transcendental Meditation on the perceptual efficiency of the cerebral hemispheres in 20 right-handed men who underwent reaction time trials to an auditory stimulus. Results suggested Transcedental Meditation is an attentional strategy that disrupts the usual biases of the brain. (JAC)

Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Foreign Countries, Males, Performance Factors, Reaction Time, Transcendental Meditation

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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