STATE OF HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTIONS IN CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES WITH DIFFERENT STANDARDS OF LIVING

Abstract

Neuropsychologic diagnostics of 60 children of 5-6 years from the families with different standards of living allows to conclude that level of family's income level influences forming higher mental functions of preschoolers. The most sensitive to the influence of material status are the functions of the 111 block of brain and audio-verbal functions, the less sensitive is visual gnosis. Therefore the longer period of forming of a certain function is, the more it is mediated by social influences including family's material status.

Keywords

• functional blocks of brain
• higher mental functions
• programming and control
• serial organization of movements and actions
• kinesthetic functions
• visual gnosis
• auditory information
• visuospatial functions