OBJECTIVE Discuss the effects of altitude exposure on neuropsychological functions. METHOD We have conducted a literature review using as source indexed articles at Pubmed in the period from 1921 to 2008, using the following key words: 'cognition and hypoxia', 'hypoxia and neuropsychology', 'acute hypoxia', 'chronic hypoxia', and 'acclimatization and hypoxia', as well as specific books on the...

INTRODUCTION Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, in which an important role is played by psychological factors. AIM To evaluate the frontal cognitive functions in patients with psoriasis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 188 subjects (97 patients with psoriasis and 91 healthy controls). To assess the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex functions, the Trail Making Test and th...

OBJECTIVES To establish whether surgery can improve the neuropsychological functioning of young adult patients with spina bifida and apparent clinically arrested hydrocephalus showing abnormal intracranial pressure. METHODS Twenty three young adults with spina bifida and assumed arrested hydrocephalus (diagnosed as active or compensated by continuous intracranial pressure monitoring) underwen...

Neuropsychological deficits are recognized as primary symptoms of psychotic disorders, since they detected even in the early stages, with some them showing a more significant decline (e.g. executive functions, memory, attention) and others smaller but one language, movement perception, psychomotor).

Introduction: Semi-automatic neuropsychological testing has gained a position both in clinical use and in research. Comparison studies with traditional neuropsychological tests are sparse and the role of such semi-automated testing is debated. To integrate semi-automated neuropsychological testing in the established clinical setting the tests must be validated in the patient groups addressed. T...

AIM The study aims were to demonstrate the relationship between neuropsychological functioning in depressed bipolar patients and clinical variables: intensity of depressive symptoms, age at onset, duration of illness, total number of episodes, number of maniac episodes, number of depressive episodes and number of hospitalizations. METHOD Cognitive functions were examined in 30 depressed bipol...

Emotional body-distant gestures are a prominent feature of winning athletes. Because negative emotions have been associated to increased self-touch behaviour, we investigated the hypothesis that athletes change from more nonverbal hand movement behaviour when body-focused losing. Nonverbal movements professional right-handed tennis were video-taped during competition and analyzed by certified r...