Symposium "Urban Spaces and Human Brain" will take place on the 22nd of November
The symposium will focus on exploring the impact of urban and natural environments on people's mental and physical health. Keynote speakers include Hiroko Ochiai (Tokyo), who will discuss the benefits of forest therapy for children's health, and Dr.Sci. Prof. Krasheninnikov (MARHI), who will explore the cognitive models of Urban space.
"Consumer and Decision Neuroscience" symposium will take place on the 21st of November
This interdisciplinary event will focus on the neural mechanisms underlying decision-making processes in risky, impulsive and social contexts as well as consumer behaviour, offering a platform for researchers to share their latest findings and theoretical advancements.
HSE University Hosts Russia’s First Doctoral Defence in Cognitive Science
Vasily Klucharev, HSE professor and Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in cognitive science. This was the first doctoral dissertation in this discipline in Russia.
Connecting Space and Time: Bilinguals Associate Time with Space in Both Their First and Second Languages
An international team of researchers including scientists at HSE University investigated how bilingual individuals associate time with space. It turns out that in both their first and second languages, people associate the past with the left side of space and the future with the right. In fact, the higher the proficiency in a second language, the more pronounced this relationship becomes. The study findings have been published in Scientific Reports.
People in China and Japan Demonstrate a Higher Risk Propensity than Russians
Suboptimal decisions are a universal human trait, according to science