Pioneer Researchers on Transcendental Meditation

Dr. Robert K. Wallace and Dr. Herbert Benson


Published the first study on Transcendental Meditation
"A wakeful hypometabolic physiologic state"
in the American Journal of Physiology, 1971

They opened up scientific investigation into meditation and the interaction of the mind and body.
Where are they now?

Dr. Robert Keith Wallace

Dr. Herbert Benson

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RobertKeithWallace.org

HerbertBenson.org
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Maharishi University of Management

Harvard Medical School
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The Neurophysiology of Enlightenment

The Relaxation Response