The effect of thermal transience on the perception of thermal comfort

The present study tested the hypothesis that at any given ambient temperature (Ta), thermal comfort (TC) is not only a function of the temperature per se, but is also influenced by the temperatures rate of change and direction.Twelve healthy young (age: 23 ± 3) male participants completed experimental trials where Ta increased from 15° to 40 °C (heating) and then decreased from 40 to 15 °C (cooling). In one trial (FAST), the rate of change in Ta...