Page No 262-269
Diya Nangia and Rekha Malhotra
University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Regular practice of yoga is implicated in the healthy development of the body,
mind, and spirit, leading to a more fulfilling life. The present investigation was
designed to study the influence of regular practice of yoga on cognitive skills
and mental health. 19 regular practitioners of yoga were matched with controls
on age, gender and education level, and compared on outcome measures of
Digit Symbol Test, PGI Memory Scale and Mental Health Questionnaire. An expost-facto design using t-test for two dependent means was adopted. Results
indicated regular practitioners of yoga perform significantly better on tests of
attention and concentration, remote memory, mental balance, delayed recall,
immediate recall, verbal retention of dissimilar pairs, visual retention and
recognition; and have better mental health. The results were discussed in the
light of available research. The limitations of the study were also discussed
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