Processing of proprioceptive and vestibular body signals and self-transcendence in Ashtanga yoga practitioners

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fiori, Francesca ^a,b   David, Nicole ^c   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Field dependency independency; Rod and frame test; Self transcendence; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; ROD AND FRAME TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOGA;

EID: 84933670500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00734     Document Type: Article

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