Effects of moderate cold on performance of psychornotor and cognitive tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1987, Pages 1431-1445

  Enander, Ann ^a  

^a Swedish Work Environment Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cold; Heart rate; Performance; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERFORMANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COLD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0023607577     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140138708966037     Document Type: Article

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