Does the Way You Breathe Affect Your Brain?

The surprising connection between your breath, memory, and emotions.

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What Happens When You Breathe Through Your Nose?

Your breathing doesn't just bring oxygen into your body.

Research suggests it can also influence activity in areas of the brain linked to emotion and memory.

What Does Your Breathing Have to Do With Focus?

Research from Northwestern University found that breathing through the nose can influence activity in brain regions involved in:

Memory

Emotion

Learning

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What Happens When You Switch to Mouth Breathing?

The brain effects observed during nasal breathing became weaker when people breathed through their mouth.

That makes the way you breathe more interesting than you might think.

So, Should You Pay More Attention to Your Breathing?

- Calm down - Focus - Prepare for an important task

Especially when you're trying to:

Slow, steady breathing through the nose can be a simple way to bring more awareness to your breath.

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