The article reports that deliberately slowing breathing can alter how accurately people recognize emotions on faces, with slower exhalations reducing sensitivity and slower inhalations enhancing it. The findings link respiration to visual processing and show how breathing rhythms influence brain networks involved in emotion perception.

This piece is of interest to psychology enthusiasts because it demonstrates a concrete example of how bodily states interact with perceptual and cognitive processes, highlighting mind–body connections in emotion recognition and sensory integration.

Article Title: New neuroscience research shows how slowing your breathing alters your perception of the people around you
Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/how-the-pace-of-your-breath-alters-the-way-you-see-faces-2026-03-20/

#breathing #perception #emotionrecognition #neuroscience #psychophysiology

Breathing patterns across twenty-four hours form a unique, stable signature for each person and can identify individuals with high accuracy. The findings suggest links between nasal airflow rhythms and emotional and cognitive states, including anxiety and depression, as well as body mass.

This topic is of interest to psychology because it illustrates how physiological processes reflect psychological traits and states, offering insights into the mind–body connection and the potential for noninvasive markers of mental health.

Article Title: Your breathing pattern is as unique as a fingerprint

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/your-breathing-pattern-is-as-unique-as-a-fingerprint/

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#breathingpatterns #psychophysiology #biomarkers #anxiety #depression

I have this backburner interest in #psychophysiology - the mind-body interface.

How wide your pupils are relates to a whole bunch of stuff, including cognitive load. Could be a method for measuring distractions in UI and minimizing them.

Anyone know of some free apps for measuring that? 👀

#OpenScience #OpenTeaching community,
yesterday, for the beginning of the exam season, I gave a lecture on stress management. To demo Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, I built a little tool to show real-time ECG + heart rate from a Polar H10 in the lecture hall.

Students could see how breathing affects heart rate. The "aha!" moments were amazing : )

It now records and is available as FOSS:
https://github.com/RGreinacher/polar-h10-ecg-viewer

#Psychophysiology #HRV #FOSS #Python #HeartRateVariability

Researchers shed light on how breathwork can induce altered states of consciousness

https://www.psypost.org/researchers-shed-light-on-how-breathwork-can-induce-altered-states-of-consciousness/

#health #mentalhealth #psychology #neuroscience #cognitivescience #brainscience #consciousness #psychophysiology #breathing #breathwork #breathe

🧠 We’re attending 𝗣𝘂𝗚 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 in Würzburg!

Come find Mentalab at the annual meeting for psychophysiology and learn how Explore Pro supports mobile EEG, ECG, EMG, and more.
📍 Universität Würzburg, Z6

🌐 www.pug2025.org
See you there!
#Mentalab #PuG2025 #Neurotech #Psychophysiology #EEG

The Emotional Symphony: Unraveling the Neural Tapestry of Feelings

#Emotions #Neuroscience #LimbicSystem #Psychology #MindBodyConnection #EmotionalIntelligence #SelfDiscovery #SomaticExperience #MentalHealth #EmotionalAwareness #CognitiveScience #PersonalityTraits #HumanExperience #EmotionalWellbeing #Neurobiology #Psychophysiology #EmotionalHealth #EmotionalTapestry

https://youtube.com/shorts/aklNsiwyTIs?feature=share

Do you care about pupillometry? We need to rewrite its history in neurosciences and psychology. Now @TrendsNeuro

A rediscovery of the forgotten early wave of pupillometry research – effort, covert attention, imagery all made visible by 1900 in a fascinating literature. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1jKdtbotq3zQC

#neuroscience #psychophysiology #pupillometry #psychology

🚨🔍 "The Polygraph and Lie Detection" by @NationalAcademies explores alternative techniques & technologies for detecting deception 🤔💡 From brain activity to facial expressions, these methods aim to improve accuracy 📊 Read more:

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/10420/chapter/8

#Polygraph #LieDetection #DeceptionDetection #Psychophysiology #ForensicScience #Technology

Interested in learning more about some basic elements of PsychoPhys?

Join us for a workshop July 31st - August 2nd in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the University of Michigan.

Learn more at the following link:
https://web.cvent.com/event/6a962cf4-05e7-45fb-8f6f-eafe8c67ce53/websitePage:17e8f24b-550c-4a09-a091-06ccd6f667d5

#psychophysiology #summerworkshops #ICPSR #annarbor #Umich #umichigan #InstituteForSocialResearch