Alterations in cognitive performance during passive hyperthermia are task dependent

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Gaoua, Nadia ^a   Racinais, Sebastien ^a   Grantham, Justin ^a   El Massioui, Farid ^b,c  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b Laboratoire de Psychologie et de Neurosciences Groupe IME   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

ognitive capacity; heat stress; task type; temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MEMORY; PASSIVE HYPERTHERMIA; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79251486021     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2010.516305     Document Type: Article

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