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ArticleIndian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine

Effect of 12 Weeks of Yogic Training on Neurocognitive Variables: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Sridip Chatterjee, Samiran Mondal, Deepeswar Singh

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Article in Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sridip ChatterjeeDepartment of Physical Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Samiran MondalDepartment of Yogic Art and Science, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
Deepeswar SinghDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Jadavpur University · INSwami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana · INVisva-Bharati University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeurocognitive abilities are the brain-mind skills needed to initiate any task from the simplest to the most complex, decreases with advancing age. Attention, alertness, and memory are the basic neurocognitive functions most affected by age. There are potential benefits of yoga on neurocognitive functions because this ancient Indian technique positively nurtures the mind-body systems. AIM OF THE STUDY: The present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of 12 weeks of yogic training on neurocognitive abilities in a middle-aged group.

methodsA total of 86 volunteers (46 male and 40 females, age group of 35-55 years), with no prior experience of yoga were participated in this study. Five male and 4 female participants were excluded from the study. All participants divided into yoga training group (male = 21 and female = 18) and control group (male = 20 and female = 18). The yoga training group underwent yoga practices, including

resultsRepeated-measures analysis of variance showed that a statistically significant increased (

conclusionIntegrated approach of yogic intervention may have promising effect on neurocognitive abilities that concomitantly promote successful aging.

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Healthy agingmind-body medicineneurocognition

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