Andrew Huberman· PhD
In addition, when you are inhaling, your ability to remember things, especially things that take a bit of effort to remember, and your ability to learn new information is significantly greater than it is when you're exhaling.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
In addition, when you are inhaling, your ability to remember things, especially things that take a bit of effort to remember, and your ability to learn new information is significantly greater than it is when you're exhaling.
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In addition, when you inhale, your reaction time to anything that happens around you-- a car swerving in front of you, something that you might detect in the periphery of your vision or hear off in the distance-- increases significantly compared to when you're exhaling.