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High levels of oxygen are conducive to slow wave sleep, which is the deepest phase of sleep supporting recovery and memory consolidation, as published in the Journal of Neurophysiology. Oxygen is vital to many organs and performance of physiological functions; the brain requires about 20% of the body’s oxygen supply which is met by the …
Students in dormitories without air conditioning were observed to perform worse in cognitive testing during a heat wave in the first field study to demonstrate the detrimental cognitive effects of a heat wave by researchers from Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, highlighting need for sustainable design solutions in mitigating health impacts of extreme …