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Last time I saw this story, years ago, I did a little looking around to determine if it was just one person's theory or something generally accepted by experts.
by forapurpose 9y ago
Last time I saw this story, years ago, I did a little looking around to determine if it was just one person's theory or something generally accepted by experts. It's an important question; misinformation about drowning could get people killed.
I couldn't find evidence of its acceptance by experts - every mention of the theory led back to the same person. But my time and resources were limited, and I have no expertise in this area myself; it's very possible I just didn't know where to look. Does anyone know if this theory is widely accepted by the people who know better than I do?
- maxander 9y agoGoogling “Instinctive Driening Response” turns up a paper “Observations on the Drowning of Nonswimmers” by Frank Pia, as pribably the original source... or rather, it turns up the citation of such, but not the paper itself.
- forapurpose 9y agoI'm not sure what is intended by the parent, but Pia is the source to which all mentions of this theory lead, in my limited research (or Pia and Mario Vittone, the author of the article which heavily cites Pia). So the parent is not evidence of broader acceptance by others.