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Heat Stress and Behavior

Michel Cabanac

10.1002/cphy.cp040113

Source: Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology

Originally published: 1996

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Avoiding Hyperthermia
1.1 Modification of the Thermal Environment
1.2 Building Microenvironments
2 Behavior and Temperature Regulation
2.1 Variable Environments
2.2 Variable Rewards
2.3 Variable Subjects
2.4 Conflicting Motivations
3 Nonspecific Influence of Heat Stress on Behavior
3.1 Level of Arousal and Sleep
3.2 Human Performance
3.3 Food and Water Intake
3.4 Intracranial Electrical Stimulation
4 Conclusions
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Michel Cabanac. Heat Stress and Behavior. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology: 261-278. First published in print 1996. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp040113