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Despite the well-established positive effects of yoga on brain health and cognition, it remains one of the more understudied modalities of exercise. The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the immediate and delayed effects of yoga and high intensity interval training (HIIT) on cognitive performance. Methods: 52 participants (M age: 25.38) completed 5 appointments: baseline and 4 counterbalanced exercise visits where they performed 20 minutes of either Yoga or HIIT, followed by a 5- or 20-minute rest period. Participants then completed three cognitive tasks - flanker, Sternberg, and word recall. Results: Superior cognitive performance was noted after both the yoga conditions for flanker task. For Sternberg task, reaction time was faster after all exercise conditions. Surprisingly, cognitive outcomes after both the HIIT conditions were comparable to the baseline cognitive performance. Significantly higher number of words were recalled five minutes after the yoga condition. Conclusion: We offer promising evidence which supports both immediate and delayed beneficial effects of yoga on inhibitory control and memory when compared to HIIT. Future research should examine the physiological underpinnings of this acute yoga-cognition relationship."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["The acute effects of yoga and high intensity interval training on cognition"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Gothe, Neha P"],"dc:creator":["Malani, Revati Nandkishor"],"dc:date":["2023-05","2023-03-16"],"dc:description":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01","The student, Revati Malani, accepted the attached license on 2023-03-14 at 14:12.","The student, Revati Malani, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2023-03-14 at 14:32.","This Thesis was approved for publication on 2023-03-16 at 11:15.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #18872 on 2023-09-01 at 17:13:04","Background: Although there is growing evidence for the impact of exercise on cognition, a disproportionately higher amount of literature exists in the field of aerobic exercise. Despite the well-established positive effects of yoga on brain health and cognition, it remains one of the more understudied modalities of exercise. The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the immediate and delayed effects of yoga and high intensity interval training (HIIT) on cognitive performance. Methods: 52 participants (M age: 25.38) completed 5 appointments: baseline and 4 counterbalanced exercise visits where they performed 20 minutes of either Yoga or HIIT, followed by a 5- or 20-minute rest period. Participants then completed three cognitive tasks - flanker, Sternberg, and word recall. Results: Superior cognitive performance was noted after both the yoga conditions for flanker task. For Sternberg task, reaction time was faster after all exercise conditions. Surprisingly, cognitive outcomes after both the HIIT conditions were comparable to the baseline cognitive performance. Significantly higher number of words were recalled five minutes after the yoga condition. Conclusion: We offer promising evidence which supports both immediate and delayed beneficial effects of yoga on inhibitory control and memory when compared to HIIT. Future research should examine the physiological underpinnings of this acute yoga-cognition relationship."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120341"],"dc:language":["en","eng"],"dc:rights":["Copyright 2023 Revati Malani"],"dc:subject":["Yoga","Hiit","Cognition"],"dc:title":["The acute effects of yoga and high intensity interval training on cognition"],"dc:type":["text","Thesis"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Kinesiology"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["M.S."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:24:57Z"}