Field Independence, Transcendental Meditation, and Achievement in College Art: A Reexamination

This study confirmed that scores on the Group Embedded Figures Test of 106 undergraduate art students from four universities were positively correlated .32 with grade point average, .27 with artistic ability, and .21 with how students perceived their own artistic competence in relation to peers. The 12 art students who practiced Transcendental Meditation tended to score higher on the test of field independence ( Ms = 13.7 vs 10.4, 10.5, and 12.8) than the nonmeditating students ( ns = 22, 38, and 34). Data suggest experiments may be useful.