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ArticleInternational journal of yoga

Immediate Effects of Yoga Breathing with Intermittent Breath Holding on Response Inhibition among Healthy Volunteers.

Apar Avinash Saoji, B R Raghavendra, S K Rajesh, N K Manjunath

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Article in International journal of yoga. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Apar Avinash SaojiDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samthana, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
B R RaghavendraDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samthana, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
S K RajeshDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samthana, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
N K ManjunathDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samthana, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is very little evidence available on the effects of yoga-based breathing practices on response inhibition. The current study used stop-signal paradigm to assess the effects of yoga breathing with intermittent breath holding (YBH) on response inhibition among healthy volunteers. MATERIALS AND

methodsThirty-six healthy volunteers (17 males + 19 females), with mean age of 20.31 ± 3.48 years from a university, were recruited in a within-subject repeated measures (RM) design. The recordings for stop signal task were performed on three different days for baseline, post-YBH, and post yogic breath awareness (YBA) sessions. Stop-signal reaction time (SSRT), mean reaction time to go stimuli (go RT), and the probability of responding on-stop signal trials (p [r/s]) were analyzed for 36 volunteers using RM analysis of variance.

resultsSSRT reduced significantly in both YBH (218.33 ± 38.38) and YBA (213.15 ± 37.29) groups when compared to baseline (231.98 ± 29.54). No significant changes were observed in go RT and p (r/s). Further, the changes in SSRT were not significantly different among YBH and YBA groups.

conclusionBoth YBH and YBA groups were found to enhance response inhibition in the stop-signal paradigm. YBH could be further evaluated in clinical settings for conditions where response inhibition is altered.

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Breath awarenessbreath holdingcognitionKumbhakapranayamastop-signal taskyoga

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