Article Excerpt: Which mental state do we need to be in to perform at our best? ETH Pioneer Fellow Marc Bächinger is working with Sarah Meissner to come up with the answer. Their technology, MyFlow, helps build mental strength… MyFlow works in an incredibly simple way: using an infrared camera, an eye tracker can help detect whether we are in the right mental state to perform at our best. Norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter, is one of the chemicals responsible for the brain’s state of alertness. It is released by an area in the brainstem called the locus coeruleus. Our pupils are an indicator of its activity. “If we are tense, stressed or even panicky, our pupils dilate,” Bächinger explains. “But if we start to get sleepy, they get smaller.”
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