Meditative states based on yoga texts and their effects on performance of a letter-cancellation task

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 679-689

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Telles, Shirley ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOGA;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949591162     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.109.3.679-689     Document Type: Article

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