[EEG correlates of individual differences in performance efficiency of students during examination stress].

ABSTRACT

Performance of cognitive tests and EEG spectral power were evaluated in 39 students aged from 19-21 years in two conditions during common educational process and immediately before examination (stress condition). Before examination, the performance was better in subjects with low level of spectral density in the delta band (in the occipital, parietal, central and frontal cortical areas) and high level of the alpha-rhythm spectral density in all the cortical areas, A decrease in performance scores before examination was correlated with an increase in the delta activity (in the right frontal and temporal cortical areas) and rise of the anxiety level (tested by Spielberger).