An investigation on humans' sensitivity to environmental temperature.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 23 06 2023
accepted: 19 11 2023
medline: 6 12 2023
pubmed: 5 12 2023
entrez: 4 12 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

While earlier investigations into thermal perception focused on measuring the detection of temperature changes across distinct bodily regions, the complex nature of thermal perception throughout the entire body remains a subject of ongoing exploration. To address this, we performed an experiment using four climate chambers with oscillating temperatures between 24 °C ± 1 °C. Our study involved 26 participants who moved between these chambers and had the task of reporting whether the second chamber entered was warmer or colder than the previous one. We collected 3120 temperature judgments, which we analysed via generalised linear mixed-effects models. The results showed surprisingly accurate temperature discrimination abilities and limited variation between individuals. Specifically, the Point of Subjective Equality stood at - 0.13 °C (± 0.02 °C), the Just Noticeable Difference (JND) was 0.38 °C (± 0.02 °C), the JND

Identifiants

pubmed: 38049468
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47880-5
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-47880-5
pmc: PMC10695924
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

21353

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Battistel Laura (B)

Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, Rovereto, TN, Italy. laura.battistel@unitn.it.
terraXcube, Eurac Research, Via Ipazia 2, 39100, Bolzano, Italy. laura.battistel@unitn.it.

Vilardi Andrea (V)

terraXcube, Eurac Research, Via Ipazia 2, 39100, Bolzano, Italy.

Zampini Massimiliano (Z)

Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, Rovereto, TN, Italy.

Parin Riccardo (P)

terraXcube, Eurac Research, Via Ipazia 2, 39100, Bolzano, Italy.

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