Cardiac rhythm as an indicator of normal and pathological adaptation to mental effort

Abstract

Devotes research to the psychophysiological study of mechanisms of the functional state regulation in children with minimal mental dysfunctions and a control group of normal children. Interprets the data with the help of a cybernetic model developed by R.M. Baevsky. Opines that the changes in heart rate indicate changes in the central nervous system directed to the adaptation of an organism to fulfilment of offered mental tasks. Offers a hypothesis of inadequate regulation of functional state in the children with minimal mental dysfunction based on the study of the maturation of the heart rate control system and ontogenetic development of attention and time perception functions.

Citation

Napalkov, D.A., Sosenko, M.L. and Shestova, I.A. (1995), "Cardiac rhythm as an indicator of normal and pathological adaptation to mental effort", Kybernetes, Vol. 24 No. 6, pp. 10-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684929510094262