suggesting that the process is under control of the same part of the brain that regulates breathing. "Breathing is a survival ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part ...

There’s a specific part of the brain that controls the meditation techniques and the slow breathing in us. A recent study led by neuroscientist Sung Han states that a new type of anti-anxiety ...

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 ...

The paper T.M. Anderson et al., “A novel excitatory circuit for the control of breathing,” Nature, 536:76-80, 2016. A lot can happen after we take a breath—from swallowing a sip of coffee to singing ...

The carbon dioxide levels in your blood begin to rise and that kicks into life the locus coeruleus, a specific part of your brain which ... Taking control of your breathing is like taking a ...

Cells originally believed to be no more than support for neurons have been getting a second-look lately, and a recent study suggests they may be critical to a fundamental bodily function: breathing.

Medulla oblongata Controls unconscious activities such as heart rate and breathing rate. Hypothalamus Regulates temperature and water balance within the body. Cerebral hemispheres The cerebrum's ...

Yet there was a hidden connection that was only recently discovered, and it turns out to be quite important. The kind of irregular, ragged breathing that occurs in stressful situations is directly ...

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