Transcendental meditation
Transcendental meditation has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 observational study in people. The newest paper, Feb 20, 2025: “Possible Anti-Aging and Anti-Stress Effects of Long-Term Transcendental Meditation Practice: Differences in Gene Expression, EEG Correlates of Cognitive Function, and Hair Steroids”.
1 paper studies it4 findingsUpdated
“In the Old TM group, 7 of these 13 were lower than in Old Controls.”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Humans1
What did studies of Transcendental meditation find?
4Studies of Transcendental meditation measured 4 outcomes; the most studied are hair cortisol/hair cortisone ratio (1 study), event-related potential latency (1) and Brain Integration Scale (1).
Hair cortisol/hair cortisone ratio
downin humans1
1 study
Hair cortisol/hair cortisone ratio
downin humans1
Transcendental meditation decreases hair cortisol/hair cortisone ratio in humans.
“The Hair F/Hair E ratio was higher in the control subgroups than in their age-matched TM subgroups”
Humans
Biomolecules
Event-related potential latency
upin humans1
1 study
Event-related potential latency
upin humans1
Transcendental meditation improves event-related potential latency in humans.
“The Old TM group had shorter N2, P3a, and P3b latencies than the Old Control group”
Humans
Biomolecules
Brain Integration Scale
upin humans1
1 study
Brain Integration Scale
upin humans1
Transcendental meditation improves Brain Integration Scale in humans.
“Both TM groups had higher BIS scores than their age-matched controls.”
Humans
Biomolecules
Aging-associated gene expression
downin humans1
1 study
Aging-associated gene expression
downin humans1
Transcendental meditation decreases aging-associated gene expression in humans.
“In the Old TM group, 7 of these 13 were lower than in Old Controls.”
Humans40-year practitioners vs non-meditator controls
Biomolecules