College students instructed in Transcendental
Meditation displayed significant improvements in performance over a 2-week
period on a perceptual and short-term memory test involving the identification
of familiar letter sequences presented rapidly. They were compared with
subjects randomly assigned to a routine of twice- daily rest with eyes
closed, and with subjects who made no change in their daily routine.
Meditation and flexibility
of visual perception and verbal problem solving, Memory and Cognition 10: 207–215, 1982.
