Abstract:
Present study was to compare the attention task performance in between Gayatre mantra recitation and simply sitting in college students. Healthy college students who were motivated to chant; those who wanted to take participate in the study or willing to participate in the research in the age range of 18 to 32 years. Subjects excluded from the study, they do not will to participate. All subjects gave written informed consent before participating in the present study. The present study was approved by the ethical committee of S-VYASA University, Bangalore. This was a self-as control study. Experimental group (GM recitation) and control group (Simply sitting). Out of 30 students each and every student was assessed in two sessions: 1. Gayatre mantra recitation session (10 min) and 2. Simply sitting (10 min). The two recordings for each subject were collected on two days in sequence. Each group took both gäyatré mantra and simply sitting session in a two consecutive days. The present self as control study found recitation of gayatre mantra showed improvement on attention task (STROOP) in college student in the age group of 18 to 32 years.
Author Name : Dr. Deepika Vijayvergiya & Dr. Shatrughan Singh Naruka
Keywords: Gayatre Mantra, Cognitive Task, Stroop Task.
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