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Harvard's Dr. Herbert Benson and R. Keith Wallace report in the current issue of the American Journal of Physiology that the metabolic rate of persons engaged in transcendental meditation decreased significantly. The heart pumped less frequently; the electrical resistance of the skin, an indication of emotional tension, increased markedly, showing that the meditator was relaxed; and his body produced smaller amounts of carbon dioxide. The brain's alpha waves increased in intensity-another sign of relaxation-while less lactic acid was produced in the blood, a possible indication of reduced anxiety...
Below Normal. Benson, an internist and cardiologist specializing in hypertension, became interested in the effects of transcendental meditation (TM) while investigating ways to modify high blood pressure. Knowing that the body prepares itself for "fight or flight" by increasing its oxygen consumption, blood pressure, heart rate and secretion of the hormone epinephrine, he theorized that it might be possible to reduce these metabolic factors below their normal rate. Eventually, he and his collaborators conditioned monkeys to lower their blood pressure in order to avoid a slight electrical shock. He then achieved the same result in human volunteers by using...
According to an interview with George C.S. Benson, deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Education, in the October 4 issue of U.S. News and World Report Brown and Princeton are negotiating with the Pentagon for the possible restoration of ROTC, and Stanford has approached the Pentagon on the matter...
...wants other nations to make the first offer. Clearly, any progress in eliminating these barriers depends on how reasonably both sides define "tangible" concessions. Although far more conciliatory than before, Connally still sought leverage wherever he could find it. According to a Canadian version, he approached Finance Minister Edgar Benson at one point and drawled: "The Europeans and Japanese are ganging up on us, and we North Americans have to stick together -you, the Mexes...
...coed. It will enroll 74 girls this fall (along with 575 boys). The girls will not wear uniforms nor will they drill, but they will be restricted to a severely limited wardrobe of skirts and blouses. "We felt that it was a more natural type of education," says Ernest Benson, Culver's dean. "Boys will no longer accept the isolation of an all-male environment...