Characteristics of Mental Performance and Nonverbal Intelligence of Adolescents in the New Information Space

Scientific research shows that mental, attentional and mnemic abilities of students aged 14-18 are more effective than those of their peers who have no experience in a virtual environment work. On the one hand, this can be attributed to the intensification of classes, the volume of information received, an increase in the work pace, and an increased load on the nervous and visual systems in a digital educational environment. On the other hand, with constant virtual communication using messengers, and virtual chats, cognitive-perceptual processes do not develop enough in adolescents. The purpose of this research was to study the mental performance and nonverbal intelligence of middle and senior-level students of general educational organizations in Nizhny Novgorod in a digital environment. The study of the impact of digitalization on the cognitive processes and nonverbal intelligence of children and adolescents is more relevant than ever. However, this kind of scientific research is not enough, in addition, they are fragmented. Only individual issues of this problem have been studied, but there are very few attempts to address the issue systematically. This is especially true if we consider this problem from the perspective of mosaic thinking, which dominates the modern young generation.

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