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EXPERIMENTAL studies of the effects of ambient temperatures on simple reaction time have suggested that there may be a negative correlation between simple reaction time and temperature, but results appeared to be rather inconclusive. In fact Teichner1, in a review of studies of simple reaction time, concludes that ambient temperatures between − 50° and 117° F. have little or no effect on either simple reaction time or more complex reaction times.
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Teichner, W. H., Psych. Bull., 51, 2 (1954).
Fraser, D. C., in National Coal Board Medical Research Memorandum No. 1 (1955).
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FRASER, D., JACKSON, K. Effect of Heat Stress on Serial Reaction Time in Man. Nature 176, 976–977 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176976b0
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