Looks like a decent, interesting study that actually uses a control group!
--- On Wed, 4/13/11, merlin wrote:
From: merlin
Subject: [FairfieldLife] ADHD: New study published on TM
To:
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 2:15 PM
Improved brain function in students with
ADHD: New study published on TM
Maharishi University of Management, Iowa, USA - The Review
12 April 2011
The Excellence in Action page of Global Good News is featuring this article
with colourful photos.
Please click on the following link to read more about 'New study shows improved
brain function in ADHD students'.
The article features a pilot study on students with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), published
this month in Mind and Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry. The study found
improved brain functioning and decreased symptoms as a result of practising the
Transcendental Meditation Technique.
This research, conducted by researcher Dr Fred Travis, Director of the Center
for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition at MUM, along with Dr Sarina Grosswald
and Dr William Stixrud, compared brain waves and ADHD symptoms in children age
11-14 years diagnosed with ADHD. The students were randomly assigned to learn
Transcendental Meditation right away, or after three months.
The researchers looked at theta/beta power ratios, since higher ratios
correlate with greater severity of ADHD symptoms. They found that the
theta/beta power ratios decreased after three months of practice, while ratios
in the control group increased slightly. After three months, the delayed-start
group also learned Transcendental Meditation, and their ratios then showed a
decrease after three months of practice. Both groups of students saw a
significant 48% decrease.
In a sense, Dr Travis says, the repeated experience of the Transcendental
Meditation Technique trains the brain to function in a style opposite that of
ADHD.
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