The Effect of SuperBrain Yoga Exercise on Fluid Intelligence, Visual Spatial Perception, academic achievement and Balance in Slow Paced Children

The present study was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of superbrain yoga exercise on fluid intelligence, visual spatial perception, academic achievement and balance in Slow Paced Children.

This quasi-experimental study was as a pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study was students with Intellectual Disabilities of Shahid Beheshti exceptional School in Tehran. The study participants were 20 boys with mean and standard deviation (76/0 ± 3/8) years were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned into two experimental (n=10) and control (n=10) groups. The experimental group performed 12 sessions of experimental Yoga exercises. The data collection tool was Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fifth Ed (Karami, 2017) and Modified Stroke Test (Sabzi, Damanpak & Tatari Hasan Gavyar; 2019). The data analysis were used from Shapirowilk, Levine and independent t tests of gained scores.

Based on the findings of this study, superbrain yoga exercises did not have a significant effect on fluid intelligence (P = 0.81), Visual Spatial Perception (P = 0.16) and static equilibrium (P = 0.19), but there was a significant effect on academic achievement of children (p =0.04).

The results of this study showed that it would be advisable to use Superbrain Yoga exercises in educational achievement for Slow Paced Children, along with other commonly used educational programs.