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I want to know, When we splash water on our face, feel like involutary swallow breath, why this happens? Its a physiology response or only thinking..
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Your brain is preparing you for submersing in water. It is a reflex called diving reflex. You may be paying more attention to it than it deserves .
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Ms. Manasi Tambe
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Your brain receives a stimulus which is water and your sympathetic nervous system gets activated and hence it's a physiological response.
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