TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive working performance in moderate cold thermal environment
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Zlatar, Tomi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Presence of cold thermal environment represents significant risk factors high latitudes, during winter seasons and in a large number of industrial activities, influencing the cognitive working performance. The aim of this work is to contribute with a systematic review on cognitive working performance in moderate cold thermal environment, by classifying different studies conducted in that area. By using appropriate keywords and searching electronic databases, a systematic review of English articles has been conducted. Only articles related to cognitive working performance in moderate cold thermal environment were included. Nine experimental articles were included. The number of participants varied from 6 to 22 subjects. The findings of this systematic review indicate that moderate cold environment influence the cognitive performance by decreasing working performance, reaction time, executive function and attention and it remain decreased for some time after cold exposure, even when the core and skin temperature get stabilized.
AB - Presence of cold thermal environment represents significant risk factors high latitudes, during winter seasons and in a large number of industrial activities, influencing the cognitive working performance. The aim of this work is to contribute with a systematic review on cognitive working performance in moderate cold thermal environment, by classifying different studies conducted in that area. By using appropriate keywords and searching electronic databases, a systematic review of English articles has been conducted. Only articles related to cognitive working performance in moderate cold thermal environment were included. Nine experimental articles were included. The number of participants varied from 6 to 22 subjects. The findings of this systematic review indicate that moderate cold environment influence the cognitive performance by decreasing working performance, reaction time, executive function and attention and it remain decreased for some time after cold exposure, even when the core and skin temperature get stabilized.
KW - Cold temperature
KW - Food industry
KW - Mental performance
KW - Occupational safety and health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076737220&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24840/2183-6493_001.001_0011
DO - 10.24840/2183-6493_001.001_0011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076737220
SN - 2183-6493
VL - 1
SP - 114
EP - 121
JO - U.Porto Journal of Engineering
JF - U.Porto Journal of Engineering
IS - 1
ER -