DYNAMICS OF INDICATORS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AGED 7 – 12

Abstract

The article presents the results of the changes in the indices of physicaland psychophysiological development of children at the age of 7 – 12 years old with regard to gender. It estimates a significant increase in the length, girth and body weight in children surveyed in the period of second childhood and early adolescence, and an increase in thickness of skin-folds of fat were found only in the period of second of childhood. The greatest development of the properties of nerve processes and mental functions were observed in the second period of childhood, and with the onset of puberty a decline in psychophysiological development was noted.

Keywords

• children and adolescents
• physical development
• neurodynamic indicators
• psychodynamic functions