Breath as Brain Signature: Real-Time Links Between Breath Shape and Neural Activity

Researchers tracked the exact shape of each breath in epilepsy patients using implanted brain electrodes and found brain activity tracks breath dynamics at the millisecond level, not just inhalation vs exhalation, linking respiration to memory and attention and suggesting potential breath-based predictive signals for epilepsy and deeper cognition research (published in the Journal of Neuroscience).