“…breathing underlies intrinsic coordination of sleep oscillations in humans. Brain rhythms during sleep coordinate activity across different neural systems, as part of memory consolidation processes.”

Don’t have sleep apnea, obviously. I wonder about the effect of nasal breathing during sleep.

https://scitechdaily.com/according-to-researchers-your-breathing-patterns-could-hold-the-key-to-better-memory/

Paywalled paper
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405395121

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My best and deepest sleeps are always when my breathing rate is lowest per my Oura ring

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