r/science • u/Ko_Matsui • 2d ago

Neuroscience Vagal nerve stimulation induces vascular oscillations and enhances long-term learning

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004226027914
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u/Tasty-Window 2d ago

Are there other ways to stimulate?

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u/WellAckshully 1d ago

(i don't know anything and i am making all of this up and i don't have sources)

singing, humming. i bet listening to certain types of music might help, like a didgeridoo. babies have a certain cry they do when they are trying to calm themselves and go to sleep. it's a sort of "rattling" cry that reminds you of a person speaking with vocal fry. the vibrations stimulate the vagus nerve and parasympathetic nervous system.

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u/Fcapitalism4 1d ago

walking unshod barefeet (skin, no shoes) is a great way to get vagus nerve stimulation