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Respiration, is the biological function of the respiratory system, by which an organism, through the physiological processes of respiration absorbs oxygen and disposes of carbon dioxide.

Psychologists are interested in respiration from a number of points of view. How do psychological factors affect respiration? How does respiration effect psychological factors such as concentration, emotion etc.?

See the following subjects :

Abnormal or pathological breathingEdit

• • Agonal respiration
  • Apneustic respirations
  • Artificial respiration
  • Ataxic respiration
  • Biot's respiration
  • Cheyne-Stokes respiration
  • Hypoventilation (also known as respiratory depression) occurs when ventilation is inadequate to perform needed gas exchange
  • Inspiratory paroxysmal respiration (also known as "reverse sneezing"), a phenomenon observed in dogs (Especially small dogs)
  • Hyperventilation
  • Respiratory arrest, the cessation of the normal tidal flow of the lungs due to paralysis of the diaphragm
  • Respiratory therapy or Inhalation therapy, the assessment and treatment of respiratory and cardiovascular pathologies

See also Edit

• Anapana
• I/E ratio
• Meditation breathing
• Respiration rate
• Respiratory system

• Aquatic respiration, the process whereby an aquatic animal obtains oxygen from water
• External respiration, the process by which gases are exchanged between the atmosphere and the pulmonary loop of circulation.
• Muscles of respiration
• Reptilian respiration
• Respiration stimulating drugs
• Respiratory tract in humans is the part of the anatomy that has to do with the process of (physiological) respiration
• Respiratory rate, the number of breaths an animal takes per minute
• Respiratory tract disorders
• Respiratory distress
• Yawning

References Edit

External linksEdit

• Paul, Anthony D., et al (1995). "Neuronal Connections of a Ventral Brainstem Respiratory Chemosensitive Area" C. Ovid Trouth Ventral brainstem mechanisms and control of respiration and blood pressure, 517–523, New York: M. Dekker.
• Rabbany, Sina Y., "Breathing Coordination", Hofstra University [1]
• Webber, Charles L., Jr., Ph.D, Pulmonary Curriculum Function:"Neural Control of Breathing", Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University-Chicago [2]