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How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance

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Inhaling Tool For Improving Memory And Learning

When people inhale, their ability to detect what's going on in the world around them is greatly enhanced./nDuring inhalation, there are physiological changes in pupil diameter, hippocampus activity, and other areas of the brain./nIncreasing the duration or intensity of inhales can improve focus and information retrieval during activities like reading or studying./nInhalation is less efficient for generating voluntary movements compared to exhalation./nExhalation is important for generating power in activities like baseball swings or striking in martial arts./nVolitional voluntary movements are better executed during the exhale, not the inhale.

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