Oura’s Finger Temperature Reflects Your Physiology – Not Your Environment
Because your finger is part of your body’s skin (your “shell”) and not your core, it can change temperature much more dramatically, and much faster than places that approximate your core temperature, like your mouth. However, some people express concern that measuring from your skin temperature might be capturing changes in your surrounding environment, rather than your body.
In reality, changes in your skin temperature reveal meaningful information about how your body responds to your surrounding