Andrew Huberman· PhD
The brain, by regulating breathing, controls it’s own excitability.
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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.
The brain, by regulating breathing, controls it’s own excitability.
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It has been hypothesized that by controlling breathing, the brain is actually attempting to control its own state of mind. Now, the way this was originally stated in a scientific research paper was a little bit different. It was a little bit physiological. The statement was, "The brain, by regulating breathing, controls its own excitability."