Three case reports of the metabolic and electroencephalographic changes during advanced buddhist meditation techniques

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 90-95

  Benson, Herbert ^a   Malhotra, M S ^b   Goldman, Ralph F ^c   Jacobs, Gregg D ^a   Jeffrey Hopkins, P ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Indian Medical Association   (India)

^c Comfort Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Meditation; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN;

AROUSAL; BUDDHISM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OXYGEN; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025165773     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.1990.9934596     Document Type: Article

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