Respiration as a dynamic modulator of sensory sampling
Nikos Chalas, Martina Saltafossi, Teresa Berther, Elio Balestrieri, Omid Abbasi, Daniel S. Kluger
This study shows that respiration enhances perceptual sensitivity to near-threshold visual stimuli by modulating arousal, cortical excitability, and neural information flow.
Nature Communications · Apr 7, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience