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·May 8, 2025·5 min read

Heart’s Rhythm May Help Forecast Cognitive Longevity

Healthy hearts show complex, adaptive rhythms that reflect resilience to internal and external changes. Researchers applied a novel method to analyze heart rate complexity using wearable pulse oximeters and found that greater complexity predicted slower cognitive decline in older adults.

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·November 29, 2023·3 min read

Heartbeat’s Influence on Brain Activity

New research uncovered that the phases of a heartbeat significantly influence brain and motor system excitability. The study utilized transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on 37 healthy volunteers to observe changes in cortical and corticospinal excitability across the cardiac cycle.

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·March 13, 2023·4 min read

How Our Hearts Distort Our Perception of Time

Our perception of the passing of time may depend on signals that our brain receives from our bodies, specifically our heartbeats.

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·March 6, 2023·4 min read

‘Wrinkles’ in Time Experience Are Linked to Heartbeat

Momentary perceptions of time may stretch or shrink with each heartbeat and are not continuous, as previously thought.

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·April 26, 2021·4 min read

Heartbeat Can Help Detect Signs of Consciousness in Patients After a Coma

Heartbeat evoked potential provides evidence of the presence of consciousness in coma patients, a new study reveals.

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·April 28, 2020·3 min read

How the heart affects our perception

Brain activity alters over the heartbeat cycle, helping us make sure certain information is kept out of our conscious experience. The findings provide a conceptual framework to explain how internal signals integrate into our conscious perception of the world.

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·February 17, 2019·6 min read

Heartbeats and Memory Suppression: The New Tools for Controlling Fear

From designing drugs to help suppress traumatic memories, to harnessing the power of heartbeats, researchers are searching for new therapies to help people overcome their fears and phobias.