Women and men seem to have different “operating temperatures”. Women tend to prefer higher indoor temperatures than men, but, as yet, been studied in any experimental study of the influence of temperature on the mental performance. This gap has now been closed and the ideal of thinking temperature is determined.
Mathematical and verbal tasks solved female participants correct, and with better answers, the warmer it was. In male participants, lower room temperatures had a positive effect, in contrast their performances with rising ambient temperatures have been getting worse and worse. Overall, the effect on women was more pronounced. In logic tests the temperature in the room seemed, however, to have an effect.
Since it was found that the study participants are exclusively students, the results only with caution to other groups of the population transfer. Nevertheless believe of the authors that the ambient temperature not only affects the comfort, but that the usual fluctuations of the room temperature, the cognitive performance in men and women significantly and differently affect can.
The researchers in Düsseldorf, Los Angeles and Berlin have carried out a total of 542 students in logic, mathematics and verbal Tests, at room temperatures between a 16.2 and 32.6°C, respectively. Your ambition goad, prizes were awarded for correct answers with cash.
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