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Brain Report Card
Posted by Marisa Belger on December 16, 2005 - 2:23pm.
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In addition to grades received at the end of the semester, students at Maharishi University of Management can receive a performance report on their brains. The Brain Integration Report Card evaluates the affect of students' college experience on their brain functioning.

Maharishi University isn't your average state school; in addition to regular college classes students meditate daily and have the option to minor in world peace or Vedic science. University officials hope that their brain monitoring technology will demonstrate meditation's influence on academic performance, judgment, and decision-making.

The Brain Integration Report Card aims to be an indicator of a student's overall health, happiness, and success by monitoring five categories: brain wave patterns during tasks; emotional stability levels; moral reasoning levels; practical intelligence, behavioral strategies, emotional response strategies, and categorical thinking; and self-report measures of development of consciousness.

[via First Annual National Brain Conference]

(Illustration: utexas.edu)



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<em>Anonymous</em>'s picture
how much is enough?
by Anonymous on December 16, 2005 - 8:38pm

how many hours of meditating do you need to have a superior brain?


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