ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)1993
Effects of altitude on mood, behaviour and cognitive functioning. A review.
Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is altitude a determinant of the health benefits of nature exposure? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Personality-Related Traits and Psychological and Cognitive Outcomes Under High-Altitude Hypoxia: A Trait-Process-Outcome Framework.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Acute normobaric hypoxia as a reversible probe of oxygen-limitation contributions to cognitive aging.Aging brain · 2026Review
- Early adaptation to high-altitude: Mood and cognitive responses at simulated 4500 m.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Affective and fatigue responses to incremental exercise: the effect of hypoxic and normoxic training protocols.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Acute mountain sickness predicts the emotional state of amateur mountaineers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Brain at High Altitude: From Molecular Signaling to Cognitive Performance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Positive Psychological Changes at High Altitude Shown by the Low Landers after the Yoga Intervention-Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY).Annals of neurosciences · 2023Article
- Effects of acute high-altitude exposure on working memory: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- Acute mountain sickness and sleep disturbances differentially influence cognition and mood during rapid ascent to 3000 and 4050 m.Physiological reports · 2022Article
- International society of sports nutrition position stand: tactical athlete nutrition.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2022Article
- Sleep loss effects on physiological and cognitive responses to systemic environmental hypoxia.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Thermal demands and its interactions with environmental factors account for national-level variation in aggression.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Cognitive Impairment and Its Associated Factors in Older Adults Living in High and Low Altitude Areas: A Comparative Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Individual Variation Exists Within the Psychological Response to Hypoxic Bed Rest: A Retrospective Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Self-Selected Motivational Music Enhances Physical Performance in Normoxia and Hypoxia in Young Healthy Males.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- [Effects of acute hypoxia on expression of pregnane X receptor in liver tissues of rats exposed to high altitude].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
Alterations in psychological mood, personality, behaviour and cognitive functioning associated with altitude have been recognised for many years. Psychological and behavioural changes resulting from the effects of hypoxia often include increases in euphoria, irritability, hostility and impairment of neuropsychological functions such as vision and memory. There is limited research to indicate that some decrements may persist for up to a year, or longer, after return to lower elevation. However, generalisations of the effects of altitude on mood, behaviour and cognitive function are complicated by differences between studies including the specific tasks or dimensions measured, methods of measurement, degree of altitude, duration of exposure and types of participants. There also appear to be wide individual differences in the response to altitude sojourns. Investigations designed to measure symptoms and mood changes during actual mountain climbs are needed, since most of the systematic research has been conducted in altitude chambers. The extent to which these simulations can be generalised to actual altitude settings remains to be documented.
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