Long-term vihangam yoga meditation and scores on tests of attention

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 3 C, 2010, Pages 1139-1148

  Prakash, Ravi ^a   Dubey, Indu ^b   Abhishek, Priyadarshee ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar ^b   Rastogi, Priyanka ^b   Shazia, Veqar Siddiqui ^b  

^a Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROOP TEST; YOGA;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; STROOP TEST; YOGA;

EID: 85047683649     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.110.3c.1139-1148     Document Type: Article

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