How does your body control your breathing unconsciously? This album explores this complex process in fascinating detail using a battery of detectors attached to human guinea-pigs to monitor their breathing, blood flow and heartbeats. How does an anxious mind affect this system during a stressful situation? Whether stress is physical or emotional, the ancient “fight or flight” response is triggered. Physiologically, this can lead to the stress-related diseases which are getting more common in ...
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A short introduction to this album.Kirjoittanut The Open University
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The mechanics of breathing
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An insight into the complexities of how the body controls breathing, and a chance to see the respiratory system in action.Kirjoittanut The Open University
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How an anxious mind causes rapid removal of carbon dioxide from lungs, leading to significant consequences.Kirjoittanut The Open University
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How conscious, controlled breathing enhances health and wellbeing and tames the mind.Kirjoittanut The Open University
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A primary school teacher gets wired up with monitors to show how his body responds to stress.Kirjoittanut The Open University
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