Peer-reviewed study: People take off their shirts when it gets hot.

[Chris_]

This paper describes the application of a methodology designed to analyse the relationship between climatic conditions and the perception of bioclimatic comfort. The experiment consisted of conducting simultaneous questionnaire surveys and weather measurements during 2 sunny spring days in an open urban area in Lisbon. The results showed that under outdoor conditions, thermal comfort can be maintained with temperatures well above the standard values defined for indoor conditions. There seems to be a spontaneous adaptation in terms of clothing whenever the physiological equivalent temperature threshold of 31°C is surpassed. The perception of air temperature is difficult to separate from the perception of the thermal environment and is modified by other parameters, particularly wind. The perception of solar radiation is related to the intensity of fluxes from various directions (i.e. falling upon both vertical and horizontal surfaces), weighted by the coefficients of incidence upon the human body. Wind was found to be the most intensely perceived variable, usually negatively. Wind perception depends largely on the extreme values of wind speed and wind variability. Women showed a stronger negative reaction to high wind speed than men. The experiment proved that this methodology is well-suited to achieving the proposed objectives and that it may be applied in other areas and in other seasons.


http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/01/people-take-off-their-shirts-when-it-gets-hot-peer-reviewed-study/

[bijou]

Thanks for bringing us this cutting edge research Chris. I am going to apply for a grant to see whether people get wet while swimming, I will conduct my study in Thailand, The Maldives, Hawaii and the Caribbean (final destination to be determined). 

[Freeper]

Thanks for bringing us this cutting edge research Chris. I am going to apply for a grant to see whether people get wet while swimming, I will conduct my study in Thailand, The Maldives, Hawaii and the Caribbean (final destination to be determined). 

I have applied for a grant to see just how many licks it takes to get the center of a tootsie roll pop.

[Uhhuh35]

Those guys shoulda' just called Captain Obvious! DUH!   

[Lord Undies]

I just received $225,000 for my study of the effects of bleach on colored clothes. 

[Chris_]

I just received $225,000 for my study of the effects of bleach on colored clothes. 

That beats a smack on the back of the head from your wife, which is what I got for the very same study.