Affiliation:
1. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Abstract
The aim of the research is to study the lateral organization of the brain of modern students, which we position as the Generation Y+ and determine their level of knowledge of modern computer technologies. The authors examined the following research questions: whether the Generation Y+ is different from previous generations in terms of neuropsychology; as far as Generation Y+ has developed skills in using the capabilities of the digital environment.To study the profile of the lateral organization of the brain, we used the method of E. D. Khomskaya to determine the leading arm and the leading eye (motor and sensory systems). This technique allows a person to be attributed to one of the 16 profiles of the lateral organization of the brain. We assumed that the new “digital generation” would have a more pronounced hemispheric lateral organization of the brain than in people who participated in the studies of the 1960s–1980s.The object of the study were first-year undergraduate students of two leading economic universities in Moscow and Prague, studying in different fields (psychology, information technologies, management).The study demonstrates the emerging generational changes in the lateral profile and computer skills of the younger generation, which for these reasons can be attributed to the Generation Y+. The main conclusion can be considered that the computer literacy of the younger generation is a confirmed fact, but the final transition to “digital reality” has not yet taken place, and the possible qualitative changes of the next generation require scientific confirmation based on comprehensive studies.
Publisher
Publishing House Education and Informatics
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