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Your brain wants to know how long you can hold your breath

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Marc Arginteanu
Dec 30, 2024
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In a ten-year-long study, involving more than 1300 patients, doctors documented the havoc that air pollution wreaks on the brain. Their 2020 report suggests that particulate matter in the air is especially hard on the hippocampus (the brain area responsible for memory function). The doctors reported significantly more deterioration of the hippocampi of …

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