The Health & Human Performance Foundation shared this research from: Gorodisky L, Honigstein D, Weissbrod A, et al. Humans without a sense of smell breathe differently. Nat Commun. 2024;15(1):8809. Published 2024 Oct 22. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52650-6
“Consequent to nasal-airflow-induced patterns of brain activity, patterns of airflow have been linked to emotional and cognitive states. More specifically, patterns and particularly phase (inhale vs. exhale) of nasal airflow have been linked to performance in memory consolidation and retrieval, quality of mental imagery, discrimination of facial fear, and visuospatial processing.”
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