"Float first and kick for your life": Psychophysiological basis for safety behaviour on accidental short-term cold water immersion

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-89

  Barwood, Martin J ^a   Burrows, Holly ^b   Cessford, Jess ^a   Goodall, Stuart ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Thermal perception; Treading water; Water safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; SENSATION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN; COLD; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; IMMERSION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947967108     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.11.017     Document Type: Article

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