About Us Portfolio Press Careers Sitemap Advertise Contact Us Make this your Homepage

Custom Search

Register

Sign In

Sign In Using Facebook

Home » Alternative Medicine News

Deity Yoga Temporarily Boosts Visuospatial Abilities: Study

by Sreeraman on April 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM Alternative Medicine News

A specific method of meditation may temporarily boost visuospatial abilities, the ability to retain an image in visual memory for a long time, according to a new study.

Related Links

The study suggests that the meditation allows practitioners to access a heightened state of visual-spatial awareness that lasts for a limited period of time.

A team of researchers, led by psychologist Maria Kozhevnikov of George Mason University, investigated the effects of different styles of Buddhist meditation on visuospatial skills.

The researchers focused on two styles of meditation: Deity Yoga (DY) and Open Presence (OP).

During DY meditation, the practitioner focuses intently on an image of deity and his or her entourage. This requires coming up with an immensely detailed, three-dimensional image of the deity, and also focusing on the deity's emotions and environment.

On the other hand, practitioners of OP meditation believe that pure awareness cannot be achieved by focusing on a specific image and therefore, they attempt to evenly distribute their attention while meditating, without dwelling on or analysing any experiences, images, or thoughts that may arise.

In these experiments, experienced DY or OP meditation practitioners along with nonmeditators participated in two types of visuospatial tasks, testing mental rotation abilities (e.g., being able to mentally rotate a 3-D structure) and visual memory (e.g., being shown an image, retaining it in memory and then having to identify it among a number of other, related images).

Page 1

Page 1 | 2

Next

Study Warns Over Pandemic Flu Vaccine 6-month Time Lag

Study Identifies Potential Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's

More News on: Stress Relief Through Alternative Medicine, Seven Chakras and Our Health, Body Types and Befitting Workouts, Exercise and Fitness, Breast Cancer - Prevention and Management with Lifestyle Changes, Meditation: Just For The Mind?, Yoga for Stress, Does Yoga help you grow Taller, Quiz on Weight Loss, Diabetes Mellitus

Comment & Contribute

Be the first to comment!
Comments should be on the topic and should not be abusive. Comments are normally moderated and are reviewed after they are posted.
* Your comment can be maximum of 2500 characters
	Notify me when reply is posted I agree to the terms and conditions
Your comments are automatically posted once they are submitted. All comments are however constantly reviewed for spam and irrelevant material (such as product or personal advertisements, email addresses, telephone numbers and website address). Such insertions do not conform to our policy and 'Terms of Use' and are either deleted or edited and republished. Please keep your comments brief and relevant.This section may also have questions seeking help. If you have the information you are welcome to respond, but please ensure that the information so provided is genuine and not misleading.

Medwonders Health Network

Support Groups Members Discussions

Total Members - 54708
Support Groups - 445

Health News Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Latest News Most Popular Most Commented

Physical Activity Ups Feelings of Excitement: Study

New Guidelines Recommend Metformin to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Gene Therapy for Blindness Works in Second Eye

Parkinson's Patients Doing Tai Chi Achieve Better Balance: Study

Fasting Weakens Cancer in Mice

News Archive
Date :
Category :
Keyword :

News Quick Links

	News Central			Health Watch
	Latest Health News			Health In Focus
	News Category (500+)			Breaking Health News
	Popular News			Celebrating Life
	Health News and Press Release			Medindia - Exclusive
	News Photo Gallery			India Special
	News Video Gallery			Lifestyle and Wellness
	News From Other Resources

News Categories:


»	New Guidelines Recommend Metformin to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

»	Novel Prostate Cancer Drug Target Identified

»	Aspirin Helps Prevent DVT

»	Amgen's Xgeva to be Probed by FDA Panel

»	FDA Takes a Closer Look at Dietary Supplements
More Drug News

Alternative Medicine Related News
»	Parkinson's Patients Doing Tai Chi Achieve Better Balance: Study	»	Toilet Yoga Offers Relief From Backaches!
»	Health Benefits of Massage	»	Skin Hydration may be Improved by French Maritime Pine Bark Extract
»	Kiwi Docs Say Natural Health Products are a Waste of Time and Money	»	'Yoga can Damage Your Body'- Says an Article from NYT
»	Traditional Chinese Remedies May Pump Up Fertility Treatments	»	Acupuncture Treatment for Migraines

Read More >>

Accident and Trauma Care Support Group	Acupuncture Support Group	Albinism / Hypopigmentation / Albinos Support Group
Alcohol abuse / Alcohol dependence / Alcoholism Support Group	Aromatherapy Support Group	Avian Influenza / Bird Flu Support Group
Ayurveda Support Group	Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Support Group	Birth Defects - Metabolic Defects Support Group

Deity Yoga Temporarily Boosts Visuospatial Abilities: Study

Medwonders Health Network

Alternative Medicine Related News

Consumers

Medical Professionals

Medical Students

Directories