Specificity of Functions of Attention Systems and Self-Assessment of Health State Associated with Age and Coronary Heart Disease
The specificity of the functions of attention systems (executive control, alerting, and orienting) and self-assessment of the quality of life were studied when comparing groups of healthy elderly and young people and patients of the cardiological center. It was found that self-esteem of physical health in the group of healthy elderly was lower than in young people, but higher than in people with coronary heart disease, and mental health in the last two groups was lower than in the first. The reorganization of attention systems in cerebral ischemia in comparison with healthy individuals is manifested by an increase in the number of errors and the selection time of visually presented information, indicating a decline in the functions of executive control, less alerting and a longer reaction time in the orienting system, and with self-assessment of the quality of life the functions of the alerting system are related, while in healthy elderly people – the executive control of attention.