An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Brief Guided Meditation

This study will follow the basic designs used by Janby (1973) and West (1973) in their studies of Transcendental Meditation. Twenty healthy male and female adults with no previous meditation experience will serve as participants. The study will use a counter balanced within subject design. The participants will be tested in three different occasions, each 20 minutes in length:

Session 1. Reading a book

Session 2. Guided meditation: listening to a guided meditation mp3 file.

Session 3. Listening to music