EFFECTIVENESS OF THINKING IN HIGH MOUNTAINS
In article results of the solution of arithmetic tasks in highlands (Elbrus, 3500 m) are considered when symptoms of a mountain illness are defined. This dangerous state because cognitive abilities of the person are damaged. Research objective: assessment of influence of symptoms of a mountain illness on efficiency of thinking. Healthy volunteers who weren't in mountains participated in this research. Efficiency of thinking was defined by «The Arithmetic Account» test and by symptoms of a mountain illness by «Lake Louse self-report questionnaire test». Volunteers solved a problem by means of individual strategy. This strategy changed according to symptoms of a mountain illness and has been directed to a faultlessness or volume of execution of the test. Examinees had an effective strategy with symptoms of a mountain illness.