Effects of high-frequency yoga breathing called kapalabhati compared with breath awareness on the degree of optical illusion perceived

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 981-990

  Telles, Shirley ^a   Maharana, Kanchan ^a   Balrana, Budhi ^a   Balkrishna, Acharya ^a  

^a Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust Hardwar   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ILLUSION; YOGA;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RESPIRATION; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051617887     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/02.20.22.PMS.112.3.981-990     Document Type: Article

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