Show MORE MISTAKES ARE MADE IN THE WARM WEATHER tests indicate high temperatures reduce efficiency new york scientific tests of workers iq diverse lines of endeavor show that on oil the hot and sultry days of summer bummer your energy anti and consequently your physical and mental elli clency tuny inny he be reduced by as much as 00 60 per cent says donald A laird ph D associate professor of psychology fit at colgate university moreover when the thermometer registers 00 90 degrees or more you are about twice as likely to make un tin error in work requiring concentration find and accuracy ns its you are on days of moderate temperature just why summertime Is mistake time has not been determined exactly probably ably it Is due in part to discomfort A more tenable explanation how however everts Is that the lowered cy Is flue due to the changes in the metabolism or chein chemical leal action of the body it Is n law of chemistry that chemical activity Is speeded up by heat and retarded by cold so at this time of year tho the chemical action of human bodies probably la Is increased to such an ertelt that waste products pile fille up more rapidly thau we can absorb oxygen to destroy them the effect of this accumulation of waste la Is the same as fatigue hence tho tired tooling feeling that la Is common in the summer the of performing work requiring concentration A test of the working effle efficiency lency of the clerical forces of several large bunks banks in no an eastern city conducted recently by it a well known scientist showed that the file li number timber of errors made in ordinary work was low in spring that it increased markedly during the summer dropped again during the fall and increased again in winter though not to tile the summer maximum A somewhat similar test of 2500 workers tu in connecticut north and south carolina georgia and florida and of all tile students of west point and Annu polls was attended by a aim ilar result however it a person cannot keep his effi efficiency clency at a maxi maximum murn by living and working in a moderate climate the year round investigation investigate on shows that where there Is little change in temperature from day to day the quil quality lity of work gradually fit declines the himino body requires change tind and a change in wen weather her whether for better or jor for worse invariably Is found beneficial |