What triggers the dive response in humans?

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Matt Small · Answer 1 · 2022-09-15T22:30:24+0000

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The diving reflex is triggered specifically by chilling and wetting the nostrils and face while breath-holding, and is sustained via neural processing originating in the carotid chemoreceptors.

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