Thermal effects on cognition: a new quantitative synthesis

Figures & data

Figure 1. Graphical representation of points acquired for mental task isodecrement curves and calculated functions in these intervals.

Table 1. Calculated functions for mental task isodecrement curves.

Curve	T = F(t)	R^2
0.0	39.71 − 1.76 × 10^−3 t − 1.62 × 10^−3 t^2	0.9993
−0.3	52.74 − 0.32 t + 3.64 × 10^−3 t^2 −2.33 × 10^−5 t^3	0.9995
−0.5	35838.51 − 1784.87 t + 36.85 t^2 + 0.40 t^3 + 2.46 × 10^−3 t^4 − 7.99 × 10^−6 t^5 + 1.07 × 10^−8 t^6	0.9993
−0.8	31229.27 − 567.34 t + 3.45 t^2 − 6.99 × 10^−3 t^3	0.9983

Table 2. Calculated straight segments representing 0.0, −0.3, −0.5 and −0.8 mental task isodecrement curves (from top to bottom: Line 1 to Line 3).

		T = F(t) = a + b t
		Curve 0.0	Curve −0.3	Curve −0.5	Curve −0.8
Line 1	a	43.74	50.17	61.28	258.77
	b	−0.1676	−0.1447	−0.2015	−1.3480
	R^2	0.9995	0.9996	0.9997	0.9986
Line 2	a	47.73	61.78	79.23	459.35
	b	−0.2295	−0.2816	−0.3582	−2.5291
	R^2	0.9993	0.9971	0.9998	0.9908
Line 3	a	55.09	84.89	137.95	–
	b	−0.3179	−0.4879	−0.7777	–
	R^2	0.9998	0.9998	0.9994	–

Figure 2. Graphical representation of points acquired for tracking performance isodecrement curves and calculated functions.

Figure 3. Graphical representation of points acquired for reaction time isodecrement curves and calculated functions.

Figure 4. Graphical representation of points acquired for vigilance tasks isodecrement curves and calculated functions.

Figure 5. Graphical representation of points acquired for complex task performance isodecrement curves and calculated functions.

Figure 6. Graphical representation of points acquired for conjoint mental and reaction time isodecrement curves and calculated functions.

Figure 7. Graphical representation of points acquired for combined tracking, vigilance and complex tasks performance isodecrement curves and calculated functions.