Autonomic patterns during respiratory suspensions: Possible markers of transcendental consciousness

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-46

  Travis, Frederick ^a   Wallace, R Keith ^a  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Heart rate deceleration; Orienting; Skin conductance response; Transcendental Consciousness; Transcendental Meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATH HOLDING; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECELERATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

EID: 0031027430     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02414.x     Document Type: Article

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