“Meditation” is such an umbrella term that it is impossible to make general statements about it without being too specific. Benson, for example, was studying ad

“Meditation” is such an umbrella term that it is impossible to make general statements about it without being too specific. Benson, for example, was studying advanced techniques practiced in Tibet (such as the “tummo” technique mentioned in the article), which are not common in the rest of the world. “Meditation” research done in other contexts would probably yield some very disparate results.