Thermal balance effects on vigilance during 2-hour exposures to -20°C

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 673-679

  Flouris, Andreas D ^a   Westwood, David A ^a   Cheung, Stephen S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Reaction time; Thermal comfort; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447264777     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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