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This is just me pulling an answer out of my ass, but since it happens when we're surprised, it's probably the body reflexively taking in air so it's prepared to deal with the surprise. Which could involve fighting, running, yelling, or holding your breath for a while.
I feel like people trained for emergencies/high stress situations like police, military, mma fighters, even medics are less likely to gasp whereas a defenseless 95 year old woman would be more likely to gasp.
So is gasping a bad defense mechanism or why would we want to have less of a reflexive response in tense situations?
I have some experience in the ballpark of what you're referring to and would say it's somewhat situational: For example, I never used to think twice about joggers but after I started doing Muay Thai every time I hear footsteps closing in fast behind me I get an adrenaline dump.
One time I almost decked a jogger who passed real close, but as I was pivoting to bob, jab, and jump back outside of their range, I actually saw them and my hand went from a fist to a wave. I don't think they even realized what almost happened, but I felt so fucking stupid.
I even quit wearing headphones when going for walks to prevent getting startled like that, but I guess the flip side is that I'm more difficult to jump now (which was kind of the goal of learning MT in the first place).
First responder training/experience can also make you hypervigilant when it comes to certain things, so I think it's more fair to say, it just changes what can provoke the gasp/startle response.