title: [Effect of high altitude on the psychic function of amateur alpinists].
abstract: A group of 12 amateur alpinists have been tested for mental performance at 4560 m and two months later at sea level. No impairment was detected for the concentration-attention test and the subtraction test. Only for the short-term verbal recall test a statistical significant difference between high altitude and sea level was ascertained.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Illiano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rosciano
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009051:Mountaineering / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests
vernacular_title: Effetto dell'alta quota sulla funzionalita' psichica di alpinisti dilettanti.