[HTML][HTML] Is a mask that covers the mouth and nose free from undesirable side effects in everyday use and free of potential hazards?

K Kisielinski, P Giboni, A Prescher… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many countries introduced the requirement to wear masks in public spaces for containing
SARS-CoV-2 making it commonplace in 2020. Up until now, there has been no …

[HTML][HTML] Breathing rhythm and pattern and their influence on emotion

S Ashhad, K Kam, CA Del Negro… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Breathing is a vital rhythmic motor behavior with a surprisingly broad influence on the brain
and body. The apparent simplicity of breathing belies a complex neural control system, the …

Breathing: A powerfull tool for physical & neuropsychological regulation. The role of mobile apps

A Drigas, E Mitsea - Technium Soc. Sci. J., 2022 - HeinOnline
Breathing, although unconscious and often overlooked, is a central aspect of our whole
being and one of our most vital functions. This review paper aims at investigating the …

Breathing, attention & consciousness in sync: The role of breathing training, metacognition & virtual reality

E Mitsea, A Drigas, C Skianis - Technium Soc. Sci. J., 2022 - HeinOnline
The purpose of the current review study is to shed light on the relationship between
respiration and attention. Specifically, we examined whether and how respiration can …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting mental health and psychological thriving in university students: a randomized controlled trial of three well-being interventions

EM Seppälä, C Bradley, J Moeller, L Harouni… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This study aimed to address the decline in mental health on US university campuses by
examining the effects of three interventions. University students suffer from high levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Hypothesis: pulmonary afferent activity patterns during slow, deep breathing contribute to the neural induction of physiological relaxation

DJ Noble, S Hochman - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Control of respiration provides a powerful voluntary portal to entrain and modulate central
autonomic networks. Slowing and deepening breathing as a relaxation technique has …

[HTML][HTML] Keeping the breath in mind: Respiration, neural oscillations, and the free energy principle

A Boyadzhieva, E Kayhan - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Scientific interest in the brain and body interactions has been surging in recent years. One
fundamental yet underexplored aspect of brain and body interactions is the link between the …

Temporal relations between cortical network oscillations and breathing frequency during REM sleep

ABL Tort, M Hammer, J Zhang, J Brankačk… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Nasal breathing generates a rhythmic signal which entrains cortical network oscillations in
widespread brain regions on a cycle-to-cycle time scale. It is unknown, however, how …

Neural underpinning of a respiration-associated resting-state fMRI network

W Tu, N Zhang - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Respiration can induce motion and CO 2 fluctuation during resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) scans,
which will lead to non-neural artifacts in the rsfMRI signal. In the meantime, as a crucial …

Short-term mindful breath awareness training improves inhibitory control and response monitoring

JP Pozuelos, BR Mead, MR Rueda… - Progress in brain …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mindfulness meditation is thought to lead to positive changes in cognitive and affective
functioning. However, the mechanisms underlying these changes are not well understood …