Researchers from the New York University (NYU) School of Global Public Health and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea found that extreme heat can “trigger a cascade of events in the brain, including cellular damage, inflammation, and oxidative stress, all of which can exhaust one’s cognitive reserve,” Virginia Chang, an associate professor of social and behavioral sciences at NYU and the study’s senior author, said in a statement.
“Cognitive decline may not manifest right after a single heat event, but repeated or prolonged exposures to extreme heat may be detrimental,