Specific works include Karlheinz Stockhausen's Inori (1974), Mantra (1970), Hymnen (1966–67), Stimmung (1968), and Aus den sieben Tagen (1968), and Ben Johnston, whose Visions and Spells (a realization of Vigil (1976)), requires a meditation period prior to performance.
[7] In a July 2018 study, volunteers between the ages of 60 and 80 who were listening to healing music, meditating for one to two hours a day, and eating a sugar-free healthy diet[vague] exhibited sharper memory and cognitive skills with happy and cheerful behavioral patterns compared to those who were not.
A June 2019 study that observed neurosurgeons performing microsurgical training bypasses with and without meditation music showed a slight improvement in the total time utilized by novice surgeons.
In general, spiritual meditation may promote addiction recovery and improve psychological and mental health outcomes by reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
[12][13][14][15] On the other hand, Quartet for the End of Time (1941) by Olivier Messiaen, a practicing Catholic and church organist, is an explicitly Christian piece of meditation music.