Yoga Impacts Cognitive Health: Neurophysiological Changes and Stress Regulation Mechanisms.
Exercise and sport sciences reviews April 1, 2023 Stephanie Voss, Jonathan Cerna, Neha P Gothe
This review examines evidence for mechanisms linking yoga practice to cognitive health in healthy older adults. The authors propose that yoga's cognitive benefits may arise from improved stress regulation and enhanced neurocognitive resource efficiency, which together facilitate bidirectional brain-body communication. The text indicates preliminary efficacy of yoga in improving cognitive health but does not present specific study results or effect sizes. The review focuses on explaining the yoga-cognition relationship through these proposed mechanisms, rather than reporting new empirical findings.