The Brain Integration Report Card was introduced at a conference held on March 18, 2005 at Maharishi University of Management. Following are the panelists who spoke at the conference:
Welcome
Dr. Bevan Morris, President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Maharishi University of Management, where all students, faculty, and staff practice the Transcendental Meditation program of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Dr. Morris is the world’s foremost authority on the use of the Transcendental Meditation technique in hundreds of schools, colleges, and universities worldwide.
The Brain During Stress
Alarik Arenander, Ph.D., Director, Brain Research Institute. Dr. Arenander, an expert in the neurobiology of brain development and mind-body health, has conducted pioneering research at the University of California at Los Angeles, Penn State University at Hershey, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Maharishi University of Management.
New Neuroimaging Research:
Are All Meditation Techniques the Same?
Andrew Newberg, M.D., Director of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Director of NeuroPET Research, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Newberg’s pioneering research largely focuses on the relationship between brain function and meditation. The results and implications of this research are delineated in Dr. Newberg’s book, Why God Won’t Go Away (Ballantine/Random House).
The Brain Integration Report Card: Brain Markers of Increased
Integration in Daily Life as a Result of Regular TM Practice
Fred Travis, Ph.D., Director, Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition, Maharishi University of Management. Dr. Travis’s research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Biological Psychology, Psychophysiology, Consciousness and Cognition, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Psychophysiology, and Psychosomatic Medicine.
Neurophysiology of Higher States of Consciousness
Keith Wallace, Ph.D., Director of Research, Professor of Physiology and Chair of the Department of Physiology and Health, Maharishi University of Management. Dr. Wallace’s pioneering research, published in Science in 1970, found the Transcendental Meditation technique produced a unique fourth state of consciousness—a state of “restful alertness”—distinct from waking, dream, and sleep states of consciousness.
More Highlights
The conference included a tour of the new Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition; a brainwave demonstration of meditating students; an organic vegetarian lunch; and a tour of the campus and classes in session.