Ruth wrote: > The expectations created by the lectures, > the puja, and the giving of the mantra are > not easy to address in a control group... > Apparently, in a controlled study, the lectures and the puja and the mantras are not even considered - they don't have anything to do with a scientific study of the effects of meditation.
Several studies, using placebos, have been performed by Herbert Benson, M.D. Many of the effects of TM have been duplicated using a placebo in place of the TM bija mantras. Robert Keith Wallace's study, using the TM bija mantras, was published in JAMA in 1972. Read more: 'A Wakeful Hypometabolic Physiologic State' American Journal of Physiology, 1971 Robert K. Wallace and Herbert Benson 'The Relaxation Response' By Herbert Benson Harper, 1975 'Physiological Effects of Transcendental Meditation' By Robert Keith Wallace Science, 1972 'The Physiology of Consciousness' By Robert Keith Wallace MIU Press, 1995
