Andrew Huberman· PhD
And there's some interesting literature about the fact that when we view horizons, uh especially from a vista um that it relaxes our autonomic nervous system, we go into more parasympathetic mode.
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And there's some interesting literature about the fact that when we view horizons, uh especially from a vista um that it relaxes our autonomic nervous system, we go into more parasympathetic mode.
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When we focus in through a tunnel, we it's quite the opposite.
But horizons are something that fascinated me for a long time as a vision scientist because when we see a horizon, our visual um angle widens. We become more parasympathetic. There's a whole coming off the accelerator of the sympathetic nervous system.