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Mike, Nuala Moore here, My question is on the impact of cold water immersion on the cognitive responses of the swimmer.

There is real evidence from channel and Ice swimming that after a certain time swimming in cold water (shorter times at ice temps) swimmer face in cold water where the swimmers loses the ability to reason and or their decisions can be life threatening yet they continue to function (as in they continue to swim) -what is happening here physiological? and If I remember maybe you published this area.

Swimmers seem to have a different recollection of facts than the actual-yet they are still swimming.

Is it the case that swimmers in your opinion in long distance should be removed from the decision making process for the potential to "over shoot the runway"? For the safety outcome

How are they functioning swimming yet not able to respond cognitively?

Few incidents and just curious as to the impact on the ability to reason yet still function

Thanks