A STUDY OF PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF YOGA PRACTITIONERS AND SUBSEQUENT GENDER COMPARISON

Author Name: *Dr. Navdeep Joshi, **Dr. Vikram Singh

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: INDIA

DOI NO.: 08.2020-67128241, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-67128241/

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Yoga, Sri Lal Bahdur Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi, India
2. Assistant Directors, Physical Education, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India                                                                                                        E-Mail Id: karanptk88@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Yoga practices have become increasingly popular due to government impetus in India and in western countries for leading a healthy lifestyle and as a method for coping with stress, tension, and anxiety. However, little is known about the innate physiological and psychological effects of yoga practice that are not visible with naked eye and requires usage of special equipment to see the yogic effects on human body and mind in an amplified form. In the present study, resting heart rate, electro dermal response (GSR), reaction time (simple visual and choice visual), hand steadiness, and eye hand coordination parameters were measured in the yoga practicing groups comprising of young male and female participants (N=40, Males=20, females=20) in the age group of 19 to 22 years to see the differences between males and females on these parameters. The females were superior to males in choice visual reaction time. There were no significant differences between male and female yoga practitioners with regard to their simple visual reaction i.e. when the single stimulus was being presented. Also there was no significant difference on hand steadiness between males and females.

Key words: Resting heart rate, electro dermal response, reaction time, hand steadiness, eye hand coordination