Despite being a vital motor task that is performed on average 20000 times a day, it is surprising that little is known about how breathing interacts with neural, sensorimotor and bodily processes to shape the sense of self. In this project, we investigate how children’s respiratory interoception interacts with neural and bodily processes and how active modulation of the breath elicits changes in the developing brain.

This project is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – project number 467015824.