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Environmental effects on the subjective perception of level of arousal and the human body temperature rhythm

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Subjective estimates of arousal and oral temperature were investigated in a group of young male and female office workers in a constant thermal environment. The measures of arousal were obtained over the period from before rising in the morning until just before sleep in the evening and the results were compared to recently published data in the literature. This comparison indicates a decrease in arousal in this group of subjects and the possible implications of these findings for the artificial control of the thermal environment are discussed.

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  1. Architectural Psychology Research Unit, Department of Architecture, F12, University of Sydney, 2006, N.S.W., Australia

    R. H. Thorne

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Thorne, R.H., Purcell, A.T. Environmental effects on the subjective perception of level of arousal and the human body temperature rhythm. Int J Biometeorol 20, 318–324 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01553589

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