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The researchers stress the importance of further studies, especially randomised controlled clinical trials, to better understand the mechanisms behind the findings.

Hewlett explains that the findings are likely due in large part to how children in hunter-gatherer societies learn from a variety of sources, including parents, peers and even unrelated adults in the community.

Their findings suggest this connection between the more sophisticated parts of the brain and the lower brainstem's breathing center allows us to coordinate our breathing with our current behaviors and emotional state.

The findings highlight the importance of understanding how everyday chemical exposures might contribute to respiratory and allergic conditions in children.

Cedars-Sinai also emphasized that “the recent department letter contains preliminary findings with no final conclusions or decisions.”