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Decreased blood pressure in borderline hypertensive subjects who practiced meditation
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“Benson showed that TM and Mindfulness meditation result in physiological changes indicative of a heightened activation of the parasympathetic nervous system and lowered sympathetic activity, such as decreased oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide elimination, lowering of heart and respiratory rates, and a marked decrease in arterial blood lactate concentration (e.g., [6, 7])”
From The Influence of Buddhist Meditation Traditions on the Autonomic System and Attention (2015) · cites this paper as [6]
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Self-citation(1954) · The Medical Journal of Australia · doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1954.tb15286.x · Cited by 687
A wakeful hypometabolic physiologic state
Wallace, R. K., Benson, H., & Wilson, A. (1971) · American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content · doi:10.1152/ajplegacy.1971.221.3.795 · Cited by 599
Self-citationWallace, R. K., & Benson, H. (1972) · Scientific American · doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0272-84 · Cited by 354
Self-citationA RANDOM-ZERO SPHYGMOMANOMETER
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THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE DIENCEPHALON
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Beary, J. F., Benson, H., & Klemchuk, H. P. (1974) · Psychosomatic Medicine · doi:10.1097/00006842-197403000-00003 · Cited by 255
Self-citationThe Functional Organization of the Diencephalon
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The Relaxation Response: Psychophysiologic Aspects and Clinical Applications
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- Authors
- Benson, H., Rosner, B. A., Marzetta, B. R., & Klemchuk, H. P.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Benson, Herbert
- ORCID
- Rosner, Bernard A.
- Venue
- Journal of Chronic Diseases
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1974-03
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 163-169
- ISSN
- 0021-9681 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1975242631
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 10.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Chronic Diseases (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Keywords
- meditation, relaxation techniques, borderline hypertension, blood pressure reduction, sympathetic activity, placebo effect
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Attitude to Health, Blood Pressure, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Prospective Studies, Psychophysiology, Relaxation, Sympathetic Nervous System, Thinking, Yoga
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