REMOTE CONSEQUENCES OF PESTICIDE POLLUTION ON THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS

Аннотация

The purpose of this study is to identify the characteristics of the state of short-term memory,
sustainability and concentration of attention among rural residents living in places of long-term pesticidal pollution.
The study of cognitive functions in residents was performed using the special Neurosoft computer base program. A
significant decrease (by 20%) in the number of people with a high level of development of short-term memory by
numbers and images was revealed. An increase of 18% in the number of people with poorly developed cognitive
abilities is shown both when remembering information on numbers and images, as well as when concentration and
stability of attention is on the desired object. At the same time, the memory capacity of residents with a high level of
development of the function of memorizing information, both for numbers and images, was at the same level as the
benchmarks and ranged from 61% to 67% of the amount of information proposed for memorization. The study
showed that living in a zone of long-term pesticidal pollution worsens cognitive functions - memory and attention,
upsets the balance of the main nervous processes - excitation and inhibition, and increases the risk of developing
nervous disorders.