[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[jkirk]

Sounds like inadequate experiments. 
Why use those old ones, when so many news ones have surfaced? 
Joanna K.
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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of 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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Gary Gach


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