The evaluation of the functional system of "brain-heart" during the processing of information in students by the method of differential scales

The aim of the research is to develop differential scales for assessing the functioning of the brain-heart system of student youth, which are based on individual neurodynamic and neurovegetative characteristics of information processing.Methods A comprehensive research was performed on the EEG activity of the brain, the spectral characteristics of the regulation of cardiac rhythm (CR), electrical resistance of the skin (ERS), the assessment of the success of the studying (SS) and the level of anxiety in students with different individual neurodynamic properties of higher nervous activity (HNA) in a resting state and during the processing of information on a computer.Results of the research In the resting state the interdependencies between the studied indicators were not established. During the task of processing and differentiating of information, a connection was established between the individual neurodynamic properties of HNA, the EEG activity of the brain, the power of the spectrum of autonomic regulation of HR, ERS, SS and reactive anxiety (RA).Conclusions On the basis of the application of scaling technology to the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of neurodynamic and neurovegetative properties of psychophysiological functions, five levels of functioning of the “brain-heart” system have been identified and recommendations have been developed for the corresponding studying regimes. We believe that the use of differential scales opens up new possibilities of individualization of education, typology of the evaluation of the functioning of the “brain-heart” system during mental activity, and also broadens the prognostic criteria for its resistance to stress-induced studying factors in students