Meditation: Self-Regulation Strategy and Altered State of Consciousness

by Deane H. Shapiro Jr.

Despite the increase in meditation studies, the quality remains variable; many of them are trivial, and most remain unreplicated. Research on meditation has been plagued by insubstantial theorizing, global claims, and the substitution of belief systems for grounded hypotheses. Meditation punctures some of the myths about meditation, while retaining a place of value for mediation as a normal human function.

In each chapter includes discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020236240X
• ISBN13: 9780202362403
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"