Effect of passive hyperthermia on working memory resources during simple and complex cognitive tasks
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Gaoua, N, Herrera, CP, Periard, JD, El massioui, F and Racinais, S (2018). Effect of passive hyperthermia on working memory resources during simple and complex cognitive tasks. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02290
Authors | Gaoua, N, Herrera, CP, Periard, JD, El massioui, F and Racinais, S |
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Abstract | The aim of this study was to verify the hypothesis that hyperthermia represents a cognitive load limiting available resources for executing concurrent cognitive tasks. Electroencephalographic activity (EEG: alpha and theta power) was obtained in 10 hyperthermic participants in HOT (50°C, 50% RH) conditions and in a normothermic state in CON (25°C, 50% RH) conditions in counterbalanced order. In each trial, EEG was measured over the frontal lobe prior to task engagement in each condition (PRE) and during simple (OTS-4) and complex (OTS-6) cognitive tasks. Core (39.5 ± 0.5 vs. 36.9 ± 0.2ºC) and mean skin (39.06 ± 0.3 vs. 31.6 ± 0.6ºC) temperatures were significantly higher in HOT than CON (P<0.005). Theta power significantly increased with task demand (p=0.017, η2=0.36) and was significantly higher in HOT than CON (p=0.041, η2=0.39). The difference between HOT and CON was large (η2=0.40) and significant (p=0.036) PRE, large (η2=0.20) but not significant (p=0.17) during OTS-4, and disappeared during OTS-6 (p=0.87, η2=0.00). Those changes in theta power suggest that hyperthermia may act as an additional cognitive load. However, this load disappeared during OTS-6 together with an impaired performance, suggesting a potential saturation of the available resources. |
Keywords | EEG; Hyperthermia; task complexity; cognitive task; overload |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Frontiers in Psychology |
Publisher | Frontiers Media |
ISSN | 1664-1078 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02290 |
Publication dates | |
18 Jan 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 03 Jan 2018 |
Accepted | 18 Dec 2017 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Controlled |
Additional information | Copyright © 2018 Gaoua, Herrera, Périard, El Massioui and Racinais. This is an |
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