Effect of conscious breathing on the attention task in adults
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https://doi.org/10.29394/Scientific.issn.2542-2987.2021.6.19.20.383-401Keywords:
attention, breathing, meditation, memory, learning, agingAbstract
This essay aims to review the publications associated with the attention task in adults by virtue of the impact of conscious breathing. The breathing techniques in the different styles of meditation have become relevant when evaluating the teaching-learning process in children, mainly in some higher cognitive functions such as inhibitory control. In adults, there is diffuse, unsystematized information on how these practices could impact the teaching-learning process, considering that adults present suppression of neurogenesis and neuroprotection, which leads to pathological alterations in mood, attention, memory and learning, as described by Innes and Selfe (2014). The evidence determines that it is feasible to generate an intervention to improve the learning environment, based on the impact it produces on attentional processes. This impact could determine the adequacy of public policies or interventions of public or private institutions, in order to enhance learning in adults and limit their cognitive deterioration, through the stimulation of their cognitive functions produced by conscious breathing.
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