| 1.
| INTRODUCTION
| 1 |
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| 2.
| CONCEPT OF MEMORY
| 2 |
| | 2.1 According to present day neuroscience | 2 |
| | 2.2 According to yoga & spiritual lore | 14 |
| 3.
| MEMORY DEVELOPMENT
| 19 |
| | 3.1 Modern methods | 19 |
| | 3.2 Through yoga and spirituallore | 20 |
| | 3.2.1 How practicing yoga may help | 20 |
| | 3.2.2 General concepts in yoga and spiritual lore | 20 |
| | 3.2.3 Yoga methods | 22 |
| a) | Anandamaya Kosa | 22 |
| b) | Vijnanamaya Kosa | 23 |
| c) | Manomaya Kosa | 25 |
| d) | Pranamaya Kosa | 27 |
| e) | Annamaya Kosa | 27 |
| 4.
| RESEARCH STUDIES
| 29 |
| | 4.1 Pilot studies | 29 |
| | 4.2 influence of yoga on memory of high school children | 30 |
| | 4.3 Pranayama practice increases "right brain" or pattern memory scores | 40 |
| | 4.4 Changes in Weschsler memory scores with yoga | 50 |
| 5.
| SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
| 56 |
