Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation ...

Breathing is something we do unconsciously. But knowing when and how to take conscious deep breaths could unlock a host of benefits ...

If you’re lucky enough to live to 80, you’ll take up to a billion breaths in the course of your life, inhaling and exhaling enough air to fill about 50 Goodyear blimps or more. We take about 20,000 ...

New research reaffirms what many of us have known for years: Longer exhalations calm the autonomic nervous system, reduce physiological arousal, lower stress, and take the edge off anxiety. Graphical ...

Feeling anxious? You’re far from alone. During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression soared around the globe, resulting in a shortage of mental health care providers and long wait times for ...