'Email apnea': Reading work emails makes us forget to breathe
Email apnea occurs when people unconsciously hold or shallow their breath while focused on digital tasks like checking emails, triggered by the nervous system's alert response to perceived uncertainty.
Daily briefing: Breathing patterns might be as unique as a fingerprint
"In a way, we're reading the mind through the nose," says neurobiologist and study co-author Noam Sobel, referring to how breathing patterns could indicate physical or mental states.
