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Brain Study Finds People Actually Get Dumber During A Heat Wave
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/ ^ | 7/12/18 | Brain, Chris Melore

Posted on 07/12/2018 1:49:07 PM PDT by BBell

BOSTON, Mass. (CBS Local) – With many states dealing with record-high temperatures and massive heat waves, many people are probably sick of summer already.

A new study says that your brain may hate the heat more than you do.

Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that a person’s brain works 13 percent slower when it has to operate in extreme heat. According to their report in PLOS Medicine, scientists studied 44 college students living in Boston during a 2016 heat wave.

That July heat wave was reportedly one of the hottest in the city’s history. 22 of the students lived in a brick-based buildings with no air-conditioning. The other 22 undergrads were living in air-conditioned dorms during the 12-day experiment.

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburgh.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: brain; dumber; heatwave; people
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To: ThomasThomas

HUMIDITY in the South and east.


41 posted on 07/12/2018 4:28:33 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: BBell

Good grief the usually 85 or,lower iq kmobs get even dumber in the heat.

No wonder they riot in the summers. Frigging idiots.

Also good most legislatures have summer breaks.


42 posted on 07/12/2018 5:21:50 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BBell

I think the proof is that most equatorial countries are sh!tholes.


43 posted on 07/12/2018 5:25:02 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: BBell

People actually get dumber doing studies that are dumb to begin with.


44 posted on 07/12/2018 6:31:06 PM PDT by samtheman (LetÂ’s elect as many Republicans as possible in 2018)
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To: BBell

Well that explains Hollyweird.


45 posted on 07/12/2018 8:04:48 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: metmom
After the winter and non-spring we had, I am enjoying every minute of this and spending as much time outdoors as possible.

I hear you in MA.

46 posted on 07/14/2018 8:23:15 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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