Visit 2: Experimental day timeline.
HYPOXIC, EFFECTS OF HEAT
Following baseline measures of body mass, heart rate, and arterial oxygen saturation, participants completed the baseline bout of gamified cognitive tests. Then participants sat in a chair in the environmental chamber and were allowed to watch a documentary between bouts of gamified cognitive tests. The environmental chamber was then set to a hypoxic (FiOExperimental trials were conducted on the same day, as it provided several benefits to study design via controlling for baseline stress, sleep, and hormonal changes due to normal menstruation, and lastly it provided convenience to the participants by decreasing participants time and travel burdens. Participants reported to a temperature-controlled laboratory (24.6 ± 1.4°C) for the experimental visit. A thermoneutral room temperature was utilized to decrease the effects of heat stress on cognition [