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For loose enough definitions of 'understand'. For example, when I hold my breath, the urge to breath increases steadily until I am forced to start breathing ag
by Strilanc 15y ago
For loose enough definitions of 'understand'.
For example, when I hold my breath, the urge to breath increases steadily until I am forced to start breathing again. Is this because my body explicitly understands that not breathing eventually results in death, or is it more appropriate to say the response is automatic?
- hackermom 15y agoIt's a case of both. The diaphragm muscle in your abdomen is both controlled manually by yourself, and automatically by your brain.