9th Annual WML Academic Symposium

Time: 2:30
Room: 312
Presenter(s): Jade Baldwin, Lize Botha, Logan Shearon
Title: The acute impact of vinyasa yoga on improving working memory performance in undergraduate college students
Developed under the guidance of Dr. Jutta Street , Psychology

This study aimed to determine whether participation in a vinyasa yoga class would improve the performance of undergraduate college students on a working memory test. Modified versions of the digit span forward and digit span backwards tests from the Working Memory Index, found in the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (2003), were used to assess working memory capacity. The Solomon four design was utilized to ensure that improved performances were not due to the testing effect. The experimental and control groups were then compared in order to determine whether there was a significant improvement in working memory.