Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 1-2, Pages 60-66Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.11.027
Keywords
thermal sensation; thermal comfort; body-part sensitivity; comfort overshoot; asymmetric environments; transient thermal environments
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Subjects were exposed to sequences of partial-body cooling and warming over a period of 3 h. Skin temperatures, core temperature, thermal sensation, and comfort responses were collected for 19 local body parts, and for the whole body. This paper relates local thermal sensations and comfort to skin and core temperatures, and examines how the thermal sensation and comfort perceived for individual body parts affect thermal sensation and comfort perceived for the whole body. Overshoot in sensation and comfort is stronger when local body parts are cooled or warmed than when the whole body experiences a step-change. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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