Public Speaking Thermal Temperature

Public speaking is one of the most prominent phobias in our society. It cripples many individuals' ability to deliver coherent speeches or presentations. In order to discover the thermal changes that a person undergoes during public speaking, a student, who was about to present his senior research in front of the class, was examined with a thermal camera before and after his presentation. As can be seen by the pictures, the student's facial temperature before the presentation was around 89 F. However, after the presentation, the temperature rose around 4 degrees to 93 degrees F. Interestingly, the area near the nose was considerably colder (8 degrees F) after the presentation than before.