Are people who do yoga any better at a motor imagery task than those who do not?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-127

  Wallwork, Sarah B ^a   Butler, David S ^a,b   Wilson, Dianne J ^a   Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Neuro Orthopaedic Institute   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; YOGA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; YOGA;

EID: 84920609844     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091873     Document Type: Article

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