Infrared Radiation and Human Thermal Comfort,
Abstract
This chapter highlights some biophysical and physiological variables important to our understanding of human responses to infrared radiation. Yet, there are many other aspects of the field which are fundamentally important but could not be adequately covered here. These include the following research areas which need fuller study. Our understanding of pain and temperature sensation at the neurophysiological level is still limited. Index of warm discomfort is still skin wettedness. Yet, how this signal is transduced and conveyed to the consciousness (whether by mechanical deformation or hydration of skin receptors) still eludes thermobiologists.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADP002084
Entities
People
- R. R. Gonzalez