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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Why Can’t You Hold Your Breath to Death?
Description: Learn about why you can’t suffocate by holding your breath; how being angry makes you more likely to believe misinformation; and that time scholars tried to kick Latin out of English, thanks to words like honorificabilitudinitatibus.Â
Why can't you suffocate by holding your breath? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Daniel in Beirut)
Parkes, M. J. (2005). Breath-holding and its breakpoint. Experimental Physiology, 91(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2005.031625Â
‌Parkes, M. J. (2012). The Limits of Breath Holding. Scientific American, 306(4), 74–79. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0412-74Â
Being angry makes you more likely to believe misinformation by Kelsey Donk
Dolan, E. W. (2021, January 8). A new study has f...