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Complex Relationship Between Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency and Established Cognitive Tests Unveiled by Hyperbaric Exposure.

Natalia D Mankowska, Rita I Sharma, Anna B Marcinkowska, Pawel J Winklewski, Jacek Kot

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Article in Biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Natalia D MankowskaApplied Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Department of Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology and Neuroinformatics, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9704-4226
Rita I SharmaDepartment of Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology and Neuroinformatics, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5975-0349
Anna B MarcinkowskaApplied Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Department of Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology and Neuroinformatics, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8331-208X
Pawel J WinklewskiDepartment of Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology and Neuroinformatics, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1671-2163
Jacek KotNational Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdansk, 81-519 Gdynia, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5604-8407

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Critical flicker fusion frequency (CFFF) has been proposed as a rapid marker of central nervous system arousal state, but its relationship to cognitive performance under hyperbaric stress remains unclear. Forty healthy adults (20 women; age 19-46 years) underwent three hyperbaric exposures at 4 ATA (equivalent to 30 m seawater depth) while breathing air, heliox, and trimix in randomized order. CFFF and cognitive performance (Simon task, Digit Span, Corsi Block-Tapping) were assessed before compression, at 4 ATA, and after decompression. Both CFFF and reaction times increased modestly at 4 ATA across all breathing gases (3-5% elevation,

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airarousalcognitive performancecritical flicker fusion frequencyhelioxhyperbaric exposurenitrogen effectstrimix

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