Doctoral School of Cognitive Science

The Doctoral School of Cognitive Science provides a unique chance for ambitious prospective researchers in various fields of science to become in-demand specialists in cognitive science and cognitive neurobiology, one of the most interesting and rapidly developing interdisciplinary areas of modern science. World-class scholars and unique equipment, primarily from the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and the HSE Centre for Language and Brain, will help you conduct unique research in the fields of psychophysiology, neurophysiology, neuroeconomics, applied linguistics, computational neuroscience, noninvasive brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS), and brain-computer interfaces, allowing you to build a successful career at HSE University and other leading Russian and international universities and academic institutes.

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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.

October 10, 2024

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.

Research & Expertise publications research projects bilingual frontiers of science

July 23, 2024