[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[Gary Gach]

am finishing my revision of section in my book on cognitive science

anyone remember the experiment (mid1970s?) (ekg?):

Hindu (TM) and Zen practitioners went into a meditative state, then were
surprised by the sound of a bell.  The Hindu meditators' brain waves
remained constant (Alpha? )))).  The brain-wave chart for
the Zen meditators, showed their Alpha suddenly going into beta (?),
registering the fact of the bell, and then dipping right back down into
alpha.


or was it that they kept ringing the bell and the TM'ers eventually became
used to it while the zennies heard it as fresh each time ??

OR ... am i conflating two similar experiments ???

(or what)+
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