The effect of military-training experience on psychophysiological and cardiovascular characteristics of cognitive functions

The aim of our research is to studying the effect of military-training experience on physical development, cognitive functions and their electrophysiological and cardiovascular characteristics. The object was cadets of the first course of the Naval institute ( n = 125). All cadets have been divided into two groups: cadets of the 1 st group had no of military-professional experience ( n = 81), cadets of the 2 nd group was graduated from Suvorov Military (Nakhimov Naval) High Schools ( n = 44). We used anthropometrical measurements, physiological and psychophysiological tests, methods of electroencephalography, photoplethysmography and analysis of heart rate variability. To confirm significance of differences between groups ANOVA was used. Cadets of the investigated groups had many distinctive features in physical development, cognitive functions and their electrophysiological and cardiovascular characteristics witch demonstrated the effect of military-training experience.