Zuniga-Hertz, Juan P.
Simpson, Sierra
Chitetti, Ramamurthy
Hsu, Chang Francis
Huang, Han-Ping
Jinich-Diamant, Alex
Chernov, Andrei V.
Onton, Julie A.
Cuomo, Raphael
Dispenza, Joe
Davis, Dylan
Christov-Moore, Leonardo
Reggente, Nicco
Gu, Wanjun
Kong, Mitchell
Bonds, Jacqueline A.
Maree, Jacqueline
Simonson, Tatum S.
Ahn, Andrew C.
Poirier, Michelle A.
Moeller-Bertram, Tobias
Patel, Hemal H. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-9625
Funding for this research was provided by:
Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System (BX005229)
Article History
Accepted: 15 April 2025
First Online: 7 May 2025
Declarations
:
: All experimental protocols were housed at VitaMed Research (Palm Desert, CA) and approved by the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB; now WCG-IRB; Protocol MED02#20211477). All clinical records related to these studies are housed at VitaMed Research as mandated by US federal laws.
: All twin participants completed informed consent. Participation was voluntary, and all participants could withdraw at any time without consequences.
: Joe Dispenza is employed by Encephalon, Inc., which runs the meditation retreats. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted without any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: AI was not used.