The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So when you put a cold towel around the neck, you're going to be putting a cold stimulus into the brain. And that's great for protecting the brain. You want to protect the brain, but it's also going to make you feel cooler than you are. So you will think you're ready to go again quickly when you've just essentially cooled the thermostat.
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So you're saying that if somebody's hyperthermic, they could trick themselves into subjectively thinking that they are cooling off by putting a towel and that they can go further, but their brain could cook?