Most people rarely think about how they breathe unless experiencing respiratory distress. Yet emerging research suggests that the pathway through which we inhale and exhale – nose versus mouth – ...

Scientists discovered a brain circuit that allows us to regulate voluntary breathing, which connects the brain's emotional and behavioral cortical area to its automatic breathing brainstem area. The ...

Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation ...

When we open and relax into the energy in the breath, when our breathing is coordinated, and the breathing mechanism is strong and flexible, when we add the secret sauce of conscious intention to the ...

New research provides evidence that humans can physically absorb fear from a robot through the sensation of touch alone. The study indicates that holding a robot simulating rapid, fearful breathing ...

A mouse breathes in air to form a brain-shaped cloud, which pours rain down onto a wildfire that represents the hot emotions of anxiety and panic. LA JOLLA (November 19, 2024)—Deep breath in, slow ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, ...