Acute cold exposure and cognitive function: Evidence for sustained impairment

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 792-798

  Muller, Matthew D ^a,b   Gunstad, John ^a,c   Alosco, Michael L ^a   Miller, Lindsay A ^a   Updegraff, John ^a   Spitznagel, Mary Beth ^a,c   Glickman, Ellen L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Shivering; Thermal sensation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COLD AIR; COLD ENVIRONMENT; COLD EXPOSURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURES; TEST BATTERIES; THERMAL SENSATIONS; THERMOREGULATION; WORKING MEMORIES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SHIVERING; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SHIVERING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866840028     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.665497     Document Type: Article

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