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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
Huberman Lab
The Relationship Between Eye Movement and Alertness
There's a very underappreciated and yet incredible aspect of our neurology that has to do with the relationship between where we look and our level of alertness. And it works in a very logical way: We have clusters of neurons in our brain stem who control our eyelid muscles, they control our eye movements up and down into the sides. When you are looking down below the level of your nose, you are essentially decelerating your alertness. Whereas when you look straight ahead or in particular when you look up, you are increasing your level of alertliness.
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