Rogovyk L. The psychomotor action as a factor of mental activity in 5-8 year olds leaming.

The dissertation is devoted to the research of psychomotor function in cognitive activity of 5-8 year old children. Psychomotor activity is considered by the author from the point of view of its functional role in cognitive process. The author proves the necessity of protecting, by a set of macro- and micromotions, of the integrity of a child's body space at the initial stage of school learning. The author defines the types of psychomotor children activity which express the individual structure of psychomotor action based on domination of speech, emotional or image stimuli of mental activity. This research work proves the possibility to increase the effectiveness of learning using psychomotor components which help in providing pupils' cognitive autonomy and research skills.