<story><title>Investigation on the effect of oral breathing on cognitive activity (2021)</title><url>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228257/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>leoff</author><text>Anecdotal evidence, but I&amp;#x27;ve noticed how Magnus Carlsen, the current best chess player, is often mouth breathing when very focused in a game. When I was a kid I often also caught myself mouth breathing when focused on a videogame, and I think this is a common tendency for people.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this really has a negative impact, or rather a positive one.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>shadowgovt</author><text>Without devising a research project with flawed methodology that nonetheless gets published, my wild-ass guess would be that conscious cognitive function is maximized by allowing breathing to be managed by the unconscious mind.&lt;p&gt;Maybe he opens his mouth because it&amp;#x27;s the most comfortable thing to do in the moment.</text></comment>
<story><title>Investigation on the effect of oral breathing on cognitive activity (2021)</title><url>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228257/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>leoff</author><text>Anecdotal evidence, but I&amp;#x27;ve noticed how Magnus Carlsen, the current best chess player, is often mouth breathing when very focused in a game. When I was a kid I often also caught myself mouth breathing when focused on a videogame, and I think this is a common tendency for people.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this really has a negative impact, or rather a positive one.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gcanyon</author><text>Interesting. I have a strong subconscious urge to keep my mouth shut -- not kidding, I think inspired by watching Mary Poppins as a kid: &amp;quot;Mouth closed, Michael, we are not a codfish.&amp;quot; So even when I am most focused, my mouth is always closed.</text></comment>