The role of the vestibular system in the development of cognitive functions of primary school children
https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2025-17-2-2-7
Abstract
Education of modern schoolchildren is simultaneously one of the main tasks of modern society and the most important problem. The educational program is becoming more and more complex every year, making more and more demands on the future generation. Accordingly, parents give preference to the intellectual development of the child, rather than physical. In view of this, the basic physiological systems, for the full maturation of which spontaneous motor activity is necessary, do not receive the necessary stimulation and do not develop to the fullest extent. As a result, by the time school education begins, many schoolchildren show deficiencies in the cognitive sphere, since the basic level, on which higher mental functions should be built, has not been sufficiently formed. The vestibular system is one of the first human sensory systems, laid down in intrauterine ontogenesis from the 4th week. Successful development of this system is achieved due to the child's active actions (running, jumping, etc.). When the vestibular system is disrupted or underdeveloped, the child experiences difficulties maintaining balance, orientation in space, focusing the gaze on a specific object, which can subsequently lead to underdevelopment of higher mental functions, and, accordingly, to difficulties in mastering the school curriculum.
About the Authors
A. V. Katasonova
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Pacific State Medical University"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Katasonova A.V.,
690002, Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok, Ostryakov Avenue, Building 2.
E. A. Fysina
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Pacific State Medical University"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Fysina E. A.,
690002, Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok, Ostryakov Avenue, Building 2.
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Katasonova A.V., Fysina E.A. The role of the vestibular system in the development of cognitive functions of primary school children. Medical Psychology in Russia. 2025;17(2):2-9. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2025-17-2-2-7
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