Impaired memory registration and speed of reasoning caused by low body temperature
Impaired memory registration and speed of reasoning caused by low body temperature
S. Coleshaw,R. N. V. Someren,2 Authors,W. Keatinge
1983 · DOI: 10.1152/JAPPL.1983.55.1.27
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TLDR
Cognitive function was tested after rewarming had been started in water at 41 degrees C when volunteers' skin was warm and they felt comfortable but their body core temperature remained low, and memory registration was found to be impaired progressively when core temperature fell.