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Six subjects were immersed in cold water (15.15±0.42°C) and were asked to perform two tasks. Shivering elicited by the cold water immersion was attenuated and/or abolished by the mental arithmetic task and in some instances by a voluntary isometric contraction of forearm muscles. Some reasons for these results are discussed.
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Martin, S., Cooper, K.E. Factors which affect shivering in man during cold water immersion. Pflugers Arch. 391, 81–83 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580700
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