Brain Study Finds People Actually Get Dumber During A Heat Wave

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BOSTON, Mass. (CBS Local) – With many states dealing with record-high temperatures and massive heat waves, many people are probably sick of summer already.A new study says that your brain may hate the heat more than you do.
Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that a person’s brain works 13 percent slower when it has to operate in extreme heat. According to their report in PLOS Medicine, scientists studied 44 college students livin