--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > My experience is that refereed journals and proceedings provide > > > > some degree of feedback and critique, but are not absolute > measures > > > of validity. >>> > > > > Is anyone here familiar with what kesterton (MIU's first PhD in > > physiology) found in attempting to replicate Wallace's research. > > I've been told he uncovered a serious methodological problem. > > > > Why yes, and acknowledged by everyone these days: no control group. >
******** The experimental design had the subjects serve as their own controls; that was the point about measuring metabolism before TM and during TM. The problem was that they didn't measure the difference between [sitting/eyes open] and [sitting/eyes closed] before measuring TM. That's how they failed to note that [sitting/eyes closed] lowered the oxygen consumption as much as did TM. Another way of putting it might be: Measurements indicate the possibility that reduction of oxygen consumption during TM may be due to closing the eyes, as opposed to commencing the mantra. L B S ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
