This study focused on actually somewhat moderately cool temperatures, not what i think most people would consider very, very cold. The subjects also experienced a 250 % increase in dopomine concentrations. These are huge increases in noropaneferon. So it suggests that this is a stressful stimulus,. at least chemically speaking, stressful. And i do believe that these documented effects and humans explain much of the enhancement of attention and of feelings of well being and mood that people typically experience after deliberate cold exposure.

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