“…In a number of recent studies, a reduced cognitive performance in hypotension was established. The findings point toward considerable deficits in attention (Costa, Stegagno, Schandry, & Bitti, 1998;Duschek, Schandry, & Matthias, 2004;Duschek, Weisz, & Schandry, 2003;Richter-Heinrich, Borys, Sprung, & La¨uter, 1971;Stegagno, Angrilli, Costa, & Palomba, 1996;Weisz, Schandry, Jacobs, Mialet, & Duschek, 2002). Moreover, poorer performance in memory and arithmetic tasks was demonstrated (Costa et al, 1998;Morris et al, 2002;Stegagno et al, 1996).…”