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DOI	10.1113/EP091454
	Female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan: A unique journey
	Filingeri, Davide; Blount, Hannah; Valenza, Alessandro
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0958-0670
EISSN	1469-445X
英文摘要	Women are a group of individuals that undergo unique anatomical, physiological and hormonal changes across the lifespan. For example, consider the impact of the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause, all of which are accompanied by both short- and long-term effects on female body morphology (e.g., changes in breast size) and temperature regulation, heat tolerance, thermal sensitivity and comfort. However, empirical evidence on how skin thermal and wetness sensitivity might change across the lifespan of women, and the implications that this has for female-specific thermal behaviours, continues to be lacking. This paper is based on a symposium presentation given at Physiology 2023 in Harrogate, UK. It aims to review new evidence on anatomical and physiological mechanisms underpinning differences in skin thermal and wetness sensitivity amongst women varying in breast size and age, in addition to their role in driving female thermal behaviours. It is hoped that this brief overview will stimulate the development of testable hypotheses to increase our understanding of the behavioural thermal physiology of women across the lifespan and at a time of climate change. What is the topic of this review? This review focuses on female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan. What is advances does it highlight? Sensing of temperature and wetness are fundamental sensory functions that support heat stress resilience in humans. Recent evidence indicates that women present distinctive thermosensory mechanisms and behaviours that vary as a function of female body morphology and with ageing. Person-centred thermal innovation should therefore consider the unique and evolving 'thermosensory needs' of the female body across the lifespan to help women thrive in a warming climate.
英文关键词	body temperature regulation; perceptual responses; thermal behaviours; women
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physiology
WOS类目	Physiology
WOS记录号	WOS:001180023700001
来源期刊	EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/299299
作者单位	University of Southampton; University of Palermo; University of Southampton
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Filingeri, Davide,Blount, Hannah,Valenza, Alessandro. Female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan: A unique journey[J],2024.
APA	Filingeri, Davide,Blount, Hannah,&Valenza, Alessandro.(2024).Female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan: A unique journey.EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY.
MLA	Filingeri, Davide,et al."Female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan: A unique journey".EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY (2024).