Psychophysiological effects of heliogeophysical agent
S.V. Pryanichnikov, N.K. Belisheva, A.A. Martynova, V.V. Pozharskaya
Kola Science Centre RAS, Apatity, Russia
The study of the influence of heliogeophysical agents on the human body took on a mass character.
However, "individual characteristics, the nature and expression of the heliomagnetic reactions and their role
in the psychosomatic state, in the dynamics of adaptation...as well as the neurophysiological mechanisms
of individual adaptation to high latitudes ... still not well understood" , (Soroko, 1985; Shepovalnikov,
Soroko, 1992). Despite on the fact that the geomagnetic field (GMF) disturbances is considered as a hazard
factor (Breus et al., 2002), It was be shown that the prevalence of the paradoxical reactions, confusion
(Belisheva et.al., 1995), as well as the psychopathic reactions (Belisheva, Kachanova, 2002) increases in
the lack of geomagnetic activity (GMA). In order to understand the mechanisms by which heliogeophysical
agents affect on an individual level, and thus to predict the consequences of these impacts for a particular
person, the prolonged multidimensional study need to conduct. The analysis of the link between the
psychophysiological dynamics and the variations of the cosmophysical environment characteristics should
be included in such study. The aim of this study was to reveal the link between the psycho-physiological
dynamics of the individual body state and variations of the heliogeophysical agents. The study was
performed on male volunteers (12 men, mean age 25 years), for 25 days (09.24.2012 – 10.18.2012). In the
course of the daily research of the psychophysiological parameters of the examinees, the indices of
situational and personal anxiety (SA and PA, respectively) were estimated by the Spielberger-Hanin
method; the self-sensation of self health (S), Activity (Act) and Mood (M) (SAM method) were also
calculated. In addition, magnitudes of the rate of adaptation (A), of the psycho-emotional state (PS), of the
integral health index (IH), of the mean cardiac interval (RR), of the regulatory system stress index (IS), of
the high-frequency (HF), low frequency (LF), of the ratio of the frequency bands (LF / HF) and the total
frequency range (Total) in the heart rhythm were estimated by using of the "OMEGA-M" analyzer. To find
the correlation between the psychophysiological parameter dynamics and the indices of the
heliogeophysical agents, the data of the local GMA (http://www.sgo.fi/), of the neutron count rate (Apatity,
PGI KSC RAS), the solar activity, of atmospheric pressure and temperature were used. The results shown
that the magnitude of the cardiac interval (RR) is a main indicator of the body functional state, which
determines the psychophysiological state. In particular, it was found that magnitudes of the A, IH, HF
increase with increase of duration of the R-R interval. However, increase of R-R interval is accompanied by
increase of the anxiety, (SA and PA) and by the decrease of the health level (S) and the activity (Act). Can
be assume, that the magnitude of the RR interval has threshold at which the signs of correlations with some
physiological parameters could be reversed. The negative correlations with GMA (Ak-average index for day
of GMA) and the positive correlations with the Wolf numbers were also found for the RR interval (r = -0.42
and r = 0.45, respectively, p <0.05). The need to study the individual reactions on the GMA was confirmed
by the detail analysis of the correlations between anxiety and GMF variations for every person. It turned out
that 16.7% persons had no significant correlations between the anxiety and GMA; 41.6% persons had
negative correlations (p <0.05) between the situational anxiety (SA) and GMA, that is when the GMA
increases, the SA decreases. The personal anxiety (PA) of 25% persons also decreases with increasing of
GMA. And the anxiety of 16.7% persons increases with increasing of GMA. Thus, the prediction of personal
psycho-physiological reactions to the act of the heliogeophysical agents requires a detailed study of
individual neurophysiological mechanisms which mediates the impact of environment on the body..