Study reveals slow breathing increases risky decisions by modulating brain-body reward pathways

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This study by Huang et al. investigates how slow breathing (prolonged exhalation) affects risky decision-making by modulating body-brain interactions. The research demonstrates that deliberate autonomic regulation through slow breathing increases risky choices by enhancing reward sensitivity and cardiac parasympathetic activity. Individuals with greater parasympathetic upregulation showed stronger reward-related neural responses in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and precuneus, revealing a neurovisceral pathway linking breathing patterns, autonomic regulation, and value-based decision-making.

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