Andrew Huberman· PhD
So, there's an emotive component controlling your breathing, which has nothing to do with your volitional control, and it goes down to a different pathway because it's not disrupted by this locked-in syndrome.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So, there's an emotive component controlling your breathing, which has nothing to do with your volitional control, and it goes down to a different pathway because it's not disrupted by this locked-in syndrome.
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Then all of a sudden, the patient's breathing changed considerably, and they said to their patient, "What happened?" They said, "You told a joke and I laughed."