  The influence of non-minimal coupling of a scalar field and the Gauss-Bonnet
term on the inflationary stage of evolution of the universe is investigated in
this paper. The main cosmological effects of such a coupling were considered.
The deviations between Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet inflation and standard one based
on Einstein gravity were determined. The corrections of a weak GB coupling
preserving the type of the scalar field potential to standard inflationary
models is considered as well.
