Effect of Psychophysiological Potential on Adaptation to Educational Activity

• DOI: 10.1023/a:1015544432720
• Publication Date: 2002-12-28T23:59:19Z
• Authors: E. M. Kazin; V. I. Ivanov; N. A. Litvinova; M. G. Berezina; E. S. Gol'dshmidt; A. M. Prokhorova
• Keywords: Cognition; Universities; Stress, Physiological; Adaptation, Psychological; Brain; Humans; Learning; Adaptation, Physiological; Functional Laterality; Education

The significance of specific and nonspecific psychophysiological mechanisms that determine adaptation processes in students during the process of learning (1–3 years) was examined. The activity of the autonomic cardiorhythm vegetative regulating system, lateral brain organization, cognitive and psychoemotional sphere and personality at rest, during a moderate mental load, and before and after examinations were determined. The specificity of psychoautonomic mechanisms of educational activity in students of various grades was found.