Heat Affects Our Brain Power, But Is Air Conditioning The Solution?
Jul 12, 2018 04:02 AM By Sadhana Bharanidharan
It is important to develop new building designs better suited for today's warmer climate, said lead author Jose Guillermo Cedeño-Laurent. Kate Williams/Unsplash
If your academic or work performance tends to suffer on hotter days, you are not alone. Harvard researchers have revealed exposure to heat can affect cognitive ability by slowing down your thinking power.
"Reduced cognitive function during a heat wave among residents of non-air-conditioned buildings: An observational study of young adults in the summer of 2016" was published in PLOS Medicine on July 10.
The study was conducted over 12 days in the midst of a heat wave in Boston, Massachusetts, during the summer of 2016. The research team tested and compared two groups of participants — 24 students who lived in buildings with air conditioning and 20 students who lived in buildings without the facility.
https://www.medicaldaily.com/heat-affects-our-brain-power-air-conditioning-solution-425677
