PUBLICATION: International Journal of Neuroscience
This study examined the effect of the Transcendental Meditation program on the "biological age" of a person -- how old a person is physiologically in contrast to chronologically. As a group, long-term TM program participants, who had been practicing the TM technique for more than 5 years, were physiologically 12 years younger than their chronological age, as measured by lower blood pressure, better near-point vision, and better auditory discrimination. Short-term TM program participants were physiologically 5 years younger than their chronological age. The study statistically controlled for the effects of diet and exercise. (International Journal of Neuroscience 16: 53-58, 1982.)