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Not just CO2, but heat lowers performance. Every time I go into an office and the AC is set to like 75 or higher, I just feel groggy. Set it to like 72, or lowe

Not just CO2, but heat lowers performance. Every time I go into an office and the AC is set to like 75 or higher, I just feel groggy. Set it to like 72, or lower, and it's a lot easier to stay awake. 65 or so in the winter is perfect, I love it when it's brisk in the office -- I get in early intentionally and before 8 AM it's nice and cool.

abootstrapper 8y ago
Got a source on how heat lowers performance? Because anecdotally, I beg to differ. I like it around 76F.
- caymanjim 8y ago
  Anecdotally, every degree above 70F drastically reduces my ability to function. 76F in an office is bordering on hopeless for me. Way too hot to think.
- dbg31415 8y ago
  * Winter Wakes Up Your Mind--and Warm Weather Makes it Harder to Think Straight - Scientific American || https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warm-weather-makes-it-hard-think-straight/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warm-weather-make... "Despite this minimal deviation in temperature, the researchers found remarkable differences in cognitive functioning. In one lab study, participants were asked to proofread an article while they were in either a warm (77°) or a cool (67°) room. Participants in warm rooms performed significantly worse than those in cool rooms, failing to identify almost half of the spelling and grammatical errors (those in cool rooms, on the hand, only missed a quarter of the mistakes). These results suggest that even simple cognitive tasks can be adversely affected by excessive ambient warmth."
  - ordu 8y ago
    lol When it is cold enough, body starts to shake, each muscle is convulsing, consuming glucose and making it into heat. Brains use a lot of power that comes from methabolism. Could it be that human body tries to warm itself using brains to utilize glucose by doing cognitive tasks? What cognitive tasks are most energy consuming?
  - gubbrora 8y ago
    I'm curious how adaption factors into this, because people say you get used to heat.

abootstrapper 8y ago

Got a source on how heat lowers performance? Because anecdotally, I beg to differ. I like it around 76F.

caymanjim 8y ago
Anecdotally, every degree above 70F drastically reduces my ability to function. 76F in an office is bordering on hopeless for me. Way too hot to think.
dbg31415 8y ago
* Winter Wakes Up Your Mind--and Warm Weather Makes it Harder to Think Straight - Scientific American || https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warm-weather-makes-it-hard-think-straight/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warm-weather-make... "Despite this minimal deviation in temperature, the researchers found remarkable differences in cognitive functioning. In one lab study, participants were asked to proofread an article while they were in either a warm (77°) or a cool (67°) room. Participants in warm rooms performed significantly worse than those in cool rooms, failing to identify almost half of the spelling and grammatical errors (those in cool rooms, on the hand, only missed a quarter of the mistakes). These results suggest that even simple cognitive tasks can be adversely affected by excessive ambient warmth."
- ordu 8y ago
  lol When it is cold enough, body starts to shake, each muscle is convulsing, consuming glucose and making it into heat. Brains use a lot of power that comes from methabolism. Could it be that human body tries to warm itself using brains to utilize glucose by doing cognitive tasks? What cognitive tasks are most energy consuming?
- gubbrora 8y ago
  I'm curious how adaption factors into this, because people say you get used to heat.