[Status of different types of sensitivity in preschool children]. / Sostoianie razlichnykh vidov chuvstvitel'nosti u detei doshkol'nogo vozrasta.

Using special methods the authors examined the general sensitivity in clinically healthy pre-school children (5-7 years) in comparison with the results of examination of clinically normal adults (18-20 years) and patients with different levels and nature of foetal damage to the brain. The findings obtained in children include a shift of some types of general sensitivity in children toward their sharpening as well as signs classified in adults as manifestations of neural pathology. The identified characteristics of general sensitivity reflect some immaturity of afferent systems at early stages of their formation in children.