Did you know that the rhythm of your breathing affects your memory?
Breathing is a simple and involuntary act. Therefore, losing awareness of our breathing is very easy. However, it is one of the aspects that we most need to pay attention to in order to achieve balance.
As we breathe deeply, taking in air through the nose and out through the mouth, we are more aware of the present moment. In a reality where we are constantly pressed for goals, anxiety makes the mind live in the future.
A first-of-its-kind study has shown that breathing has everything to do with the electrical activities of the human brain. This directly impacts emotional judgments and recall of memories.
Continue to the end to learn more about how the rhythm of your breathing affects your memory.
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The study
Northwestern Medicine researchers evaluated 60 individuals faced with decisions that had to be made instantly. Meanwhile, breathing was monitored.
Scientists showed these volunteers images of faces expressing strong emotions. They needed to answer as quickly as possible what each expression represented (anger, fear, surprise, etc).
In this experiment, it was clear that the participant's brain activity was very different between inhalation and exhalation. Breathing was also alternated according to the emotion of the photograph presented.
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The conclusion was that, when the human being becomes anxious, his organism reacts immediately with panting. That's because a survival mechanism is activated: breathing accelerates to make the body find a solution faster.
Thus, when breathing respected the order of entering through the nose and leaving through the mouth, the individual was more centered and less distracted. Breathing plays an essential role in this process.
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What happens in the brain?
As we breathe in, neurons in the olfactory cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus are stimulated throughout the limbic system, the area of the brain responsible for controlling our emotions, managing our learning, and our memory.
By observing the photographs during inhalation, expressions of fear were more quickly identified among the volunteers. On the other hand, photographs that showed surprised faces were identified more quickly at the moment of exhalation.
To assess the memory itself, the same participants were exposed to images of objects and asked to keep them for later recall. Scientists proved that the memory was clearer if, in contact with the photo, the individual was inhaling air.
According to the senior author of the research, the professor of neuroscience Jay Gottfried, when making the inhalation movement, the human being synchronizes the brain oscillations through the limbic network.
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