Key result
Repeated pre-task cold-water immersion significantly attenuated cognitive-motor performance compared to an 84% improvement in controls (p < 0.01).
Why the study?
The study was conducted to examine the impact of cold-induced stress on cognitive and motor performance.
Does acute and repeated cold stress impair cognitive-motor performance in healthy males?
Comparison
Cold stress (60-min head-out cold-water immersion) vs control
Follow-up
Six consecutive days
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Cold exposure before cognitive-motor tasks warrants caution in healthy males; leaves open generalizability and mechanisms for clinical populations.
Does acute and repeated cold stress impair cognitive-motor performance in healthy males?
p-value: p=< 0.01
Repeated pre-task cold exposure impairs cognitive-motor performance, which correlates with physiological and subjective responses.
A 2025 study studied this question. 60-min head-out cold-water immersion vs. Control (no cold stress) was evaluated on Cognitive and motor performance on a computer-based visuomotor task (p=< 0.01). Repeated pre-task cold-water immersion significantly attenuated cognitive-motor performance compared to an 84% improvement in controls (p < 0.01).
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