FEATURES OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS AT THE STAGE OF PREPARATION FOR SCHOOL AND THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

• Main Authors: N. P. Krivosheina, A. I. Fedorov, E. M. Kazin, I. A. Sviridova, N. N. Koshko, M. S. Kolomeets
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kemerovo State University 2017-06-01
• Series: Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
• Subjects: boys and girls; senior preschool and younger school age; psycho-physiological features of the development; adaptation; regulation of heart rhythm; signs of attention deficit; symptoms of social and psychological deficits; sex differences
• Online Access: https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/2187

The article features the analysis of features of physiological adaptation and the rate of physiological development in boys and girls of preparatory kindergarten groups and 1 – 2 grades of grammar school. The analysis points out the differences of neurodynamic indicators, physiological adaptation and the degree of activity of the autonomic nervous system among 6 – 8 year-old boys and girls. It has been found that, regardless of age, boys are characterized by a lower level of development of mental   functions,   lower   balance   of   processes   of   excitation   and   inhibition in the central nervous system, with faster visual-motor response. They are characterized by a higher degree of tension of regulatory mechanisms. Individuals with symptoms of attention deficit and social-psychological deficits are often detected in this group. Girls display neurodynamic indicators that are most optimal for the corresponding age period, a high level of mental functions development; in this group we observed mainly balanced or parasympathetic influence on heart rate and more satisfactory functional state.