Nivel de desarrollo neuropsicológico global en los niños de preparatoria de las instituciones educativas de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: Neuropsychological development in high school children is characterized by greater consolidation of cognitive and emotional skills. During this stage they experience significant changes in their brain development and the way they process, store and use information. In this sense, the purpose of this investigation was to determine the level of global neuropsychological development in children in the first year of basic education through the NEURO-KID test. For this purpose, a quantitative methodology was used. experimental, applying the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and for comparison of the psychosocial factors and neuropsychological domains, the correlation coefficient was used Spearman's Rho. A sample of 97 children from an educational institution in the city of Loja of the urban sector. The main results showed that the majority of children are in the stage of development known as early childhood, in terms of the level of neuropsychological development, it was observed that most of them present a low level. Likewise, it was found that there is no significant relationship between the type of family, sex and the level of neuropsychological development.