A Physiological and Subjective Evaluation of Meditation, Hypnosis, and Relaxation

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Abstract
Human Ss [subjects] were monitored for respiratory rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, skin resistance, EEG activity and muscle activity. They were monitored during the alert state, meditation (TM [Transcendental Meditation] or simple word type), hypnosis (relaxation and task types) and relaxation. Ss gave a verbal comparative evlaution of each state. Significantly better relaxation responses were observed for the relaxation states (relaxation, relaxation-hypnosis, meditation) than for the alert state. There were no significant differences between the relaxation states except for muscle activity in which meditation was significantly better than the other relaxation states. There were significant differences between task-hypnosis and relaxation-hypnosis. No significant differences were found between TM and simple word meditation. For the subjective measures, relaxation-hypnosis and meditation were significantly better than relaxation, but no significant differences were found between meditation and relaxation-hypnosis.

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