Decreased humidity improves cognitive performance at extreme high indoor temperature

• Published in: Indoor air Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 608 - 627
• Main Authors: Tian, Xiaoyu, Fang, Zhaosong, Liu, Weiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Acclimatization; Air quality; Blood pressure; Body temperature; Body weight; Cognitive ability; cognitive performance; Extreme heat; Heart rate; high indoor temperature; high relative humidity; High temperature; Humidity; Indoor environments; physiological response; Relative humidity; Skin temperature; Spatial discrimination; Spatial memory; subjective sensation; Thermal comfort; subjective sensation; cognitive performance; high relative humidity; physiological response; thermal comfort; high indoor temperature

In this study, we examined the cognitive performance of subtropically acclimatized subjects at an extreme high indoor temperature and the effect of decreased humidity on the cognitive performance at the high temperature. Forty‐eight healthy subjects experienced the three exposure conditions: 26°C/re...