Body temperature and oxygenation levels significantly affect human cognitive ability
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Body temperature and oxygenation levels significantly influence human cognitive performance, as evidenced by studies showing that thermal stress and hypoxia alter executive function, reaction times, and working memory.
Evidence for · 3
Does a pharmacologically driven elevation in cerebral blood flow modulate cognition during combined hypoxic and thermal stress?
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 0 demonstrates that hypoxia and thermal stress significantly affect human processing speed and response variability during executive function tasks.
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Cognitive Impairment as a Putative Mechanism of Self-Management Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Conceptual Narrative Review.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 2 links chronic hypoxaemia and physiological stress to marked neurocognitive vulnerabilities and deficits in executive function, working memory, and processing speed.
Graded normobaric hypoxia alters cerebral oxygenation and cognition in middle-aged adults: a single-blind counterbalanced randomized crossover trial.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 4 shows that graded normobaric hypoxia alters prefrontal oxygenation and leads to measurable declines in executive function and working memory as oxygen levels drop.