Yoga and emotion regulation: A review of primary psychological outcomes and their physiological correlates

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-101

  Menezes, Carolina B ^a   Dalpiaz, Natalia R ^b   Kiesow, Luiz Gustavo ^a   Sperb, William ^a   Hertzberg, Juliana ^a   Oliveira, Alcyr A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention regulation; Emotion regulation; Yoga practice

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELATONIN;

BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING EXERCISE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP QUALITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL HOSTILITY; YOGA;

EID: 84940031118     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0100353     Document Type: Review

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