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A Psychophysiological Study of Breathing Behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Andrew Skarbek
Andrew Skarbek*
Affiliation:
Psycholinguistic Research Unit, University College London, W.C.1
*
The Langham Clinic of Psychotherapy, 37 Queen Anne Street, W.1
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The idea of a relationship between respiration and mental functioning can be traced back to ancient superstition that the diaphragm is the centre of the soul as well as of emotion.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 535 , June 1970 , pp. 637 - 641
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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