How Your Heart Influences What You Perceive and Fear

Here’s two words we didn’t know: ‘diastole’ and 'systole’. They are the oscillating phases of cardiac activity which corresponds with contracting and then relaxing the heart muscles to pump out and then refill, with blood. Turns out, which phase of cardiac activity you’re in has an impact on your perception - and on your judgement. Have a think about this fascinating phenomena the next time you’re about whether to Y/N a candidate…..