Psychology
In the context of the Mental status examination,the state of consciousness of an alert person is classified apart from either lethargic or hyper-alert, elsewhere an alert person is capable of providing the correct information when asked their name, their present location and the date, or otherwise as a classified state is able to talk normally. Altogether the much vaunted relaxed and alert state of mind of the meditator is scientifically classified as brainwaves of the alpha and beta description respectively. The beta state that corresponds to the prior description is, in fact, within the range of 12 to 15 Hz .
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