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Transcendental Meditation™ and General Meditation are Associated with Enhanced Complex Partial Epileptic-Like Signs: Evidence for “Cognitive” Kindling?
Abstract
The Personal Philosophy Inventories of 221 university students who had learned to meditate (about 65% to 70% Transcendental Meditation) were compared to 860 nonmeditators. Meditators displayed a significantly wider range of complex partial epileptic-like signs. Experiences of vibrations, hearing one's name called, paranormal phenomena, profound meaning from reading poetry/prose, and religious phenomenology were particularly frequent among meditators. Numbers of years of TM practice were significantly correlated with the incidence of complex partial signs and sensed presences but not with control, olfactory, or perseverative experiences. The results support the hypothesis that procedures which promote cognitive kindling enhance complex partial epileptic-like signs.
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A survey of 221 meditators reported that length of meditation practice was positively associated with anomalous experiences, including auditory and visual hallucinations.
“A survey of 221 meditators reported that length of meditation practice was positively associated with anomalous experiences, including auditory and visual hallucinations. (92)”
From Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation‐based therapies: a systematic review (2020) · cites this paper as [92]
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Self-citationStriking EEG Profiles from Single Episodes of Glossolalia and Transcendental Meditation
Persinger, M. A. (1984) · Perceptual and Motor Skills · doi:10.2466/pms.1984.58.1.127 · Cited by 55
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- Persinger M. A., 1980, TM and cultmania
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- Authors
- Persinger, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Laurentian University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Persinger, M. A.
- Venue
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-02
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 80-82
- ISSN
- 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-688X
- OpenAlex
- W2076543267
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- transcendental meditation, paranormal experiences, phenomenology of religion, sensed presence, university students
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cognition, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Female, Humans, Kindling, Neurologic, Male, Relaxation Therapy
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