Appreciation and coping strategies adopted by children hospitalized for COVID-19 and their primary caregivers.

Reaction time (RT) and visual perception represent two pivotal components of neurocognitive performance, particularly critical for young adults such as university students and young professionals. RT serves as a direct index of the speed of central information processing, reflecting the efficiency of sensory integration, motor preparation, and attentional allocation.[] For university students and young professionals, rapid and accurate RTs are essential not only for academic achievement but also for everyday tasks that demand alertness, situational awareness, and safe decision-making in a world rich with technological and environmental stimuli.[] Similarly, robust visual perception allows for accurate interpretation of complex visual information, reduces vulnerability to perceptual distortions, and underpins the effective navigation of digital as well as real-world environments.[] The increasing prevalence of visually intensive activities – such as prolonged computer use, digital multitasking, and exposure to diverse visual stimuli – among university population has been associated with heightened visual fatigue, perceptual errors, and reduced well-being.[] Enhancing visual perceptual acuity can mitigate these risks, thereby improving academic productivity, alleviating visual strain, and bolstering situational awareness in everyday contexts.[] Strengthening visual perceptual acuity can thus contribute to improved academic productivity, reduced visual strain, and enhanced situational awareness in everyday activities.[] Despite the recognized importance of these cognitive domains, empirical research on interventions that systematically enhance both RT and visual perceptual accuracy in healthy young adults remains limited, highlighting a need to explore structured practices with potential cognitive benefits. Yogic visual concentration techniques, particularly (steady gazing at a fixed point such as a flame), have emerged as promising interventions for cognitive and perceptual enhancement. is traditionally believed to improve concentration, promote ocular health, and strengthen attentional control by training the practitioner to sustain focus and minimize distraction.[] Empirical findings suggest that regular practice of can reduce RTs and decrease susceptibility to optical illusions, likely through mechanisms involving increased selective attention, stabilization of gaze, and reduced mental fatigue.[] Controlled trials have shown that and related yogic practices are associated with improved cognitive processing speed, perceptual accuracy, and resilience against visual fatigue in both student and professional population.[]