Postgraduate student O.P. Kiseleva¹
PhD, Associate Professor E.A. Milashechkina^1
1Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow

Keywords: orienteering, students, memory, attention.

Introduction. Orienteering is a type of physical activity in which athletes pass an unknown route using a terrain map and compass [2]. Currently, the workload of students at Russian universities is at a fairly high level. The overload of the higher nervous activity of students negatively affects the state of absolutely all body systems, not only mental, but also physical. This leads to rapid fatigue, poor health, general apathy [1].
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the auditory memory and attention of female students engaged in orienteering.
Methodology and organization of the study. This study was attended by members of the national orienteering teams of Moscow universities of the female sex (n=20), they made up an experimental group. The control group consisted of female students who do not receive additional physical activity (n=41). The study was conducted on the basis of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Such indicators of GNI as auditory memory and attention were considered. The indicators of auditory memory were examined using the "10 words" test by A. R. Luria, attention indicators were studied using the "Schulte Tables" test.
The results of the study and their discussion. When assessing auditory memory, significantly lower indicators were found in female students who do not receive additional physical activity, a total of five attempts were made in a row and the sixth attempt was made an hour later. Already in the first attempt, there was a difference in the volume of auditory memory between the national orienteering team and students who do not receive additional physical activity, in the sports department the difference was 4.2%, the experimental group had a better level. However, no significant differences were found in the second, third and fifth attempts. In the fourth attempt, significant differences were again observed – 3%, the level was higher in the experimental group, as in the sixth attempt, but the difference was already 6.1% (p<0.05).
During the assessment of the students' attention, the following results were determined from five attempts: in the first attempt, the difference was 5.8% in favor of the experimental group. No significant differences were found in the second, third and fourth attempts. In the fifth attempt, 3.5% differences were observed, also in favor of the experimental group. This is due to the fact that in the training process of the national orienteering team there is not only a load on the musculoskeletal system, but also there are elements that develop higher nervous activity, namely intellectual abilities, which not only causes an improvement in the functioning of the nervous system, but also contributes to the growth of sportsmanship [3].
Conclusions. The positive influence of orienteering classes on the higher nervous activity of students was revealed. A significant difference is observed in the indicators of auditory memory after the fourth test and the test after an hour, and attention – in the first and fifth samples. Thus, additional physical activity classes in the form of orienteering have a positive effect on such GNI indicators as auditory memory and attention.

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