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With increasing global temperatures, this need is becoming urgent. Power-law distributions have proven their utility in describing differing natural mechanisms, including certain orders of human performance, but never as a rationalization of stress-altered states of attention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>From a survey of extant empirical data, absolute thresholds for thermal tolerance for varying forms of cognition were identified. These thresholds were then modeled using a rational power-law description. The implications of the veracity of that description were then identified and analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Cognitive performance thresholds under thermal stress are advanced as power-law relationships, t = f(T) = c[(T \u2013 T\n                      <jats:sub>ref<\/jats:sub>\n                      )\/T\n                      <jats:sub>ref<\/jats:sub>\n                      ]\n                      <jats:sup>-\u03b1<\/jats:sup>\n                      . Coherent scaling parameters for diverse cognitive functionalities are specified that are consistent with increases in deep (core) body temperature. Therefore, scale invariance provides a \u201cuniversal constant,\u201d viz, 20% detriment in mental performance per 10% increase in T deviation, from a comfortable reference temperature T\n                      <jats:sub>ref<\/jats:sub>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We know the thermal range within which humans can survive is quite narrow. The presented power-law descriptions imply that if making correct decisions is critical for our future existence, then our functional thermal limits could be much more restricted than previously thought.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Application:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We provide our present findings, such that others can both assess and mitigate the effects of adverse thermal loads on cognition, in whatever human scenario they occur.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0018720818816436","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,17]],"date-time":"2019-01-17T13:59:17Z","timestamp":1547733557000},"page":"906-919","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Diminishing Cognitive Capacities in an Ever Hotter World: Evidence From an Applicable Power-Law Description"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0297-7379","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 Ignacio","family":"L\u00f3pez-S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"International University of La Rioja (UNIR), Logro\u00f1o, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P. 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