Studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cognitive functions

It is currently known that the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 negatively affects not only the physical health of a person, but also his mental status, affects the cognitive functions of a person. All this determines the relevance of the study of cognitive functions in the conditions of coronavirus infection. The purpose of this study is to analyze the changes occurring in the functioning of the cognitive sphere in people who have encountered coronavirus infection. As methods of theoretical research, analysis and synthesis, as well as content analysis of publications devoted to the study of changes in cognitive functions under the influence of a widespread coronavirus infection were used. As a result, it was revealed that there is a significant decrease in cognitive functions under the influence of this infection, not only in people who have had the disease, but also in general in people who are directly or indirectly in contact with the COVID-19 pandemic. The consequences of coronavirus infection require individual and timely psychotherapy.