Today, I will be talking about Transcendental Meditation and what patterns are found in the EEG scans of research subjects. Neuroscience is a complicated field, yet enlightening. So, what do we see? First, higher frontal alpha 1 coherence. Second, activation of the default mode network (DMN). Third, a lower breath rate. Lastly, all those distinguishing characteristics “are seen within the first minute of Transcendental Meditation practice” (Travis, 2018). During Transcendental Meditation practice alpha 1 coherence is higher in the frontal and parietal areas, which shows interhemispheric communication. Furthermore, the midline cortical regions of the brain that overlaps the DMN shows alpha 1 activity. Activation of those areas implies Transcendental
