| Document ID (ISN) | 20393 |
| CIS number |
74-583 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0014-0139 - Ergonomics |
| Year |
1973 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Allnutt M.F., Allan J.R. |
| Title |
The effects of core temperature elevation and thermal sensation on performance. |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 1973, Vol.16, No.2, p.189-196. Illus. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
A liquid-condition suit was used to obtain a state of raised body temperature in conjunction with skin temperatures compatible with sensations of thermal comfort. This condition produced a similar increase in speed of performance on a high-level reasoning test which has been found in previous experiments, but no decrement in score. Head cooling was included as a separate variable but appeared to have no additional effects on the speed or level of performance. It is suggested that deep body temperature may determine the speed of performance and comfort the level of performance, and that the technique of differentially heating body core and skin should prove a useful tool for further research. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
mental work; thermal comfort; work capacity |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
body-core temperature; human experiments; skin temperature |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational physiology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Heat and cold
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