This is a summary of findings from a series of investigations of predisposition to and reported benefit from the practice of meditation. It focuses, in particular, on psychometric indices as predictors of psychophysiological and behavioural response to meditation. A psychological “unhealthy” profile is related to a poor response to meditation.
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