Climbing Everest, K2 makes you dumb -- sort of

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:49 in Psychology & Sociology

A study of professional mountain climbers has shown that high-altitude exposure can cause subtle white and grey matter changes to the area of the brain involved in motor activity, according to the October issue of the European Journal of Neurology. read more

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