UDK: 617.753.2:616.8-053.2

EFFECTS OF MYOPIA ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF STUDENTS DURING PUBERTY

E. I. Novikova, E. Y. Nadezhkina, M. V. Muzhichenko

Волгоградский государственный социально-педагогический университет

Abstract

The article discusses mnemonic functions and various characteristics of attention in 14—15-year-olds with refractive anomalies in the process of learning activities. The analysis showed that myopia has a significant effect on sustainability and switching attention rather than the capacity of short-term visual memory.

Keywords

myopia, puberty, cognitive function, attention, memory, refraction.

Contacts

Новикова Елена Ивановна — к. б. н., доцент кафедры морфологии, физиологии человека и медико- педагогических дисциплин, Волгоградский государственный социально-педагогический университет, e-mail: novsergen@yandex.ru