F. SVYASA Dissertations
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Yoga Dissertations by Yoga Students at SVYASA. These pages present some efforts of SVYASA at Scientific Validation of Yoga, combining the best of the East with the best of the West
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Item EFFECT OF OM MEDITATION ON CARDIO-RESPIRATORY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES IN BOTH HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY JAPANESE INDIVIDUALS(SVYASA, 2018-10-13) KEN IGARASHI; H. R. Nagendra; Deepeshwar SinghItem A COMPARISON OF ATTENTION NETWORK IN YOGA PRACTITIONERS AND NON-YOGA PRACTITIONERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY(SVYASA, 2018-10-13) Harsha Bora; Deepeshwar SinghIntroduction - Lifestyle behaviors like physical activity, breathing practices play an important role in preventing cognitive declination and maintaining or helps in improving cognition functions like attention, perception, etc.. Aim & Objectives - The purpose of the study was to observe the impact of Yoga practices on Attention Network in young adults. The objective of the study was to compare the attention in yoga and non-yoga practitioners in the performance of attention network test. Method & Materials - Seventy healthy male and female young adult subjects with age range 18 to 25 years were recruited in this study, among which thirty five subjects were yoga practitioners (age mean ± SD;19.98 ± 1.48)with more than one year yoga experience. The remaining thirty-five were non-yoga practitioners (mean± SD; 19 ± 0.77). The yoga participants were recruited from a Yoga University in South India, whereas the non-yoga practitioners were selected from nearby medical college who never introduced to yoga. The demographic information of all participants were obtained and each participant performed a computerized Attention Network Test. This test was run by using Inquisit 4 software. Result - Yoga practitioners shows significant lower reaction time, correct response (p < 0.05), correct center cue (p < 0.01), correct double cue (p < 0.05), correct spatial cue (p < 0.01), correct congruent (p < 0.05), correct incongruent (p < 0.05). Conclusion –Yoga practices may facilitate attention related network, inhibition and control over the visual cues as presented in the current study. Also, the response time during the task was quicker and faster. The control group participants reported delayed performance in reaction time which suggest, control group participants took longer time in the attention network performance. Key Words – Yoga, Attention, Attention Network Test (ANT), Young adults.Item A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF PERFORMANCE ON MOTOR FREE VISUAL PERCEPTION TEST BY YOGA FEMALE STUDENTS AND NON YOGA FEMALE STUDENTS(SVYASA, 2018-10-09) SEULGI LEE; Deepeshwar SinghIntroduction: Recent studies suggest that yoga practice may improve cognitive functioning. Although preliminary data indicate that yoga improves working memory (WM), high-resolution information about the type of WM subcontracts, namely maintenance and manipulation, is not available. Furthermore, the association between cognitive enhancement and improved mindfulness as a result of yoga practice requires empirical examination. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of a brief yoga program on WM maintenance, WM manipulation and attentive mindfulness. Aim: The present study was intended to compare the performance on motor free visual perception in yoga female students and non-yoga female students. Methodology: Total Sixty healthy female studentes age range 18-28 years, Thirty yoga female (Raw score mean±SD; 38.56±3.26, Standard mean±SD; 104.03±11.24) and thirty non yoga female (score mean±SD; 32.76±3.96, Standard mean±SD 86.46±16.70)_fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria recruited for Motor visual perception test intervention. Participants were assessed for visual perception on using motor free visual perception test. Data Analysis: The raw data was tabulated and statistical analysis was done using SPSS version21.0. The data were checked for normality and independent sample t-test was employed to compare the means of both the groups. For all analysis we present 95 percent confidence intervals and considered p-value <0.05 as significant. Result: The results of the present study show that there is a significant difference in yoga group and c ontrol group. Conclusion: In the present study, we compared the long term effect of yoga on students yoga practitioners (more than 1 year experience) performance in motor free visual perception test with control group(who never exposed to yoga before) .The results suggests that yoga practice help to improve visual perception processing speed for correct stimuli\ task immediate attention with lowered attention time the generalizability of the study is still need further investigation using recent modern technology as such functional near infrared spectroscopy FNRS, electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging(FMRI). Key words: Motor Free Visual Perception(MVPT4), Yoga, Attention,Item DIFFERENCES IN MOTOR FREE VISUAL PERCEPTION AMONG MALE YOUNG ADULTS: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY(SVYASA, 2018-10-09) SHASHI KANT DIXIT; Deepeshwar SinghIntroduction: Attention is an important component in cognitive function. This involves visual perception, visual discrimination and visual memory while performance a neurocognitive task. There is two important component in visual perception i.e., visual acceptance and visual cognitive. Neuroimaging studies reported that these process involves the interaction between the frontal lobe and parietal lobe in the human brain. Recent studies suggest that yoga practice may improve cognitive functioning. Although preliminary data indicate that yoga improves working memory (WM), high-resolution information about the type of WM subcontracts, namely maintenance and manipulation, is not available. Furthermore, the association between cognitive enhancement and improved mindfulness as a result of yoga practice requires empirical examination. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of a yoga practices in male adult students on their performance in motor free visual perception test. Aim: The present study was intended to compare the performance on motor free visual perception in yoga male students and non-yoga male students. Methodology: Total Sixty healthy male studentes age range 18-28 years, Thirty yoga male (Raw score mean±SD 38.56±3.26, Standard mean±SD 140.70±12.19) and thirty non yoga male (score mean±SD 32.36±4.64, Standard mean±SD 87.80±12.86) _fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria recruited for Motor visual perception test intervention. Participants were assessed for visual perception on using motor free visual perception test. viii Data Analysis: The raw data was tabulated and statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 21.0. The data were checked for normality and independent sample t-test was employed to compare the means of both the groups. For all analysis we present 95 percent confidence intervals and considered p-value <0.05 as significant. Result: The results of the present study showed that there was a significant difference in yoga group a nd control group. The results of yoga group participants showed higher strength in performin g visual perception test which does not require motor involvement while performing visual ta sks. Conclusion: In the present study, we compared the long term effect of yoga on students yoga practitioners (more than 1 year experience) performance in motor free visual perception test with control group(who never exposed to yoga before) .The results suggests that yoga practice help to improve visual perception processing speed for correct stimuli\ task immediate attention with lowered attention time the generalizability of the study is still need further investigation using recent modern technology as such functional near infrared spectroscopy fNIRS, electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI). Key words: Motor Free Visual Perception(MVPT4), Yoga, Attention,Item IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF HIGH FREQUENCY YOGA BREATHING ON VISUAL SPATIAL MEMORY IN 10-15 YEARS SCHOOL CHILDREN(SVYASA, 2018-10-13) JEETU GOSWAMI; Deepeshwar SinghBackground: Breathing techniques improves perception, attention and concentration. These skills are valuable for human being. Kapalbhati is one of the popular pranayama which have several benefits. Aims: To study the immediate effect of 1-minute Kapalbhati (KB) practice on cognitive functions, as measured by the corsi block tapping task(Backward) on healthy participants. Methods and Materials: Total 40 children were recruit in the present study. All were participating in a 10-day orientation of fast pranayama (Kapalbhati) training program. It was a part of personality development camp (PDC) at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samsthana (S-VYASA). These children were randomly divided into two groups (i.e., Kapalabhati group and Control group). Both groups were assessed for visual spatial memory using the corsi-block tapping task (Backward), immediately before and after practice on same day. The control group children did not practice any form of yoga before performance. Result: The immediate effect of Kapalabhati showed a significant improvement in visuo-spatial short term working memory. After one-minute practice of Kapalabhati, the participants demonstrated the processing speed was significantly improved (p<0.05) whereas no change in control group. Conclusion: The results of the present study suggest that the brief practice of breathing practice improves mental awareness and information processing speed in yoga practitioners. This outcome speculated that the practice of Kapalabhati may have a positive role in attention related network involved in spatial awareness.Item A COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN YOGA PRACTITIONERS AND NON-YOGA PRACTITIONERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY(SVYASA, 2018-03-14) Amit Kumar Singh; Deepeshwar SinghBACKGROUND Ancient scripture like Hatha yoga pradeepika, Patanjali yoga sutra, and many other texts explains that practice of various yogic techniques improves cognitive functions. In this study, we have compared the cognitive function and heart rate variability in yoga practitioner and non-yoga practitioner. METHOD Fourty normal healthy male subjects with age range 18-21 years were recruited in this study, among which twenty subjects were yoga practitioner (yoga group) and remaining eighteen, were a non-yoga practitioner (control group). The computerized version (super lab) of Stroop color and word test was used to assess cognitive function of the participants. Participants were asked to perform all tasks as fast as possible without doing any mistake. For any mistake, the participants were asked not to stop the practice and keep continuing. The participants were given thirty seconds for each task. Detailed instructions for each task were given to the participants before starting the test. RESULT Reaction time was significantly less in yoga practitioner compare to non-yoga practitioner in all three tasks. Accuracy was non-significant in first two tasks but in third task yoga practitioner group has significantly more accuracy than non-yoga practitioner. 9 CONCLUSION In this study, we considered long term yoga practitioners (more than 1-year experience) and control group (who never exposed to yoga), did not show the significant result in cognitive function. But the trend of all outcome measure suggests, yoga practice helps in improvement in cognitive functions.