Immediate effects of right and left nostril breathing on verbal and spatial scores

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-200

  Joshi, Meesha ^a   Telles, Shirley ^a,b  

^a Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation   (India)

^b Patanjali Yogpeeth   (India)

Author keywords

Spatial memory; Verbal memory; Yoga voluntarily regulated breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREATHING PATTERN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; CEREBRUM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50449084815     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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