Abstract
The increase of external information and the need for processing of large information arrays has been leading to the search for mechanisms of thinking in mental activity, as well as new methods of data protection and reproduction. Power spectrum and coherence of electroencephalograms (EEG) during memorizing of foreign words has been analyzed in many ways: in the usual one with the help of mnemotechnics. The research was conducted during the ovarian phase of the cycle of 11 female students aged 18–20. Registration of EEG activity was carried out according to the international system of H. Jasper,"10–20". The process of recollection of associative information led to the decrease in the power spectrum of the EEG in the alpha range in the frontal and temporal loci of the left hemisphere and the prefrontal sections of both hemispheres, in the beta range it was probable only in T6 zone of beta2 range, in the delta range it was in the prefrontal, posterior lower-frontal and posttemporal loci of both hemispheres, in the central, parietal and occipital regions of the left hemisphere, as well as in the anteriofrontal zone of the right hemisphere, in the theta-range – in the prefrontal and posterior lower-frontal regions of both hemispheres and in the posttemporal and occipital loci of the left hemisphere. Synchronization in the delta range is the reflection of the processes of figural information processing and manipulation. With the increase of attention concentration, the synchronization was observed in the theta range in the anteriofrontal and F4–P4 zones. Interhemispheric functional and symmetrical bonds in the alpha and beta ranges indicate the involvement of the corpus callosum in the process of memorizing foreign words, which facilitates their faster, more correct and easier reproduction, especially with the use of associative images. The decrease of power spectrum in the delta and theta ranges showed that less effort was required to reproduce associative information than to mention unsupported images of foreign words. The effective use of the association method is realized by reduction of the power spectrum of the waves in the alpha range in the frontal and temporal loci of the left hemisphere and the prefrontal sections of both hemispheres, which indicates the activation of mental activity in these zones in the processes of maintaining and reproducing associative information.
Highlights
Memory is the basis for the cognition of the surrounding world, and in the process of individual development of a person it is the basis for the formation of personality
We can assume that the use of mnemotechnics techniques led to the activation of associative logical connections and the rapid and correct reproduction of words, in contrast to the chaotic recollection of foreign words when not supported by figurative associations
The process of associative information memorizing is realized by reducing the power spectrum of the alpha range waves band in the frontal and temporal loci of the left hemisphere and the prefrontal sections of both hemispheres, which indicates the participation of these zones in the processes of preservation and reproduction of information which is memorized with the help of mnemotechnics
Summary
Memory is the basis for the cognition of the surrounding world, and in the process of individual development of a person it is the basis for the formation of personality. If the material is memorized in a relationship with something well known, it will be remembered and retained in memory for a long time and can be retrieved from it with the help of verbal or visual associations (Lopatin, 2014; Jeffrey, 2017). This method involves both auditory and visual channels and related brain zones (Mastropieri, 1988; Thaut et al, 2014)
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