Research

Our research is conducted in the broad field of human physiology with the main focus on the brain and mind. Brain and mind research being a multidisciplinary and integral area is central in many biological and medical studies.

Our main areas of focus and expertise are:

  • Brain Research (focusing on EEG, MEG)
  • Systemic Psychophysiology / Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
  • Developmental Neuropsychology
  • Twin and Multiples Psychobiology
  • Development and testing of new scientific tools or instruments and Psycho-Pharmacology studies


    Ongoing main projects:

  • Advanced EEG analysis on un-medicated naïve out-patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).
  • The influence of chronic opioid addiction on the spatio-temporal structure of the EEG signal (longitudinal study).
  • Characterization of hypnotic state with and without hallucination, as altered states of consciousness using advanced EEG analysis.
  • Microstructural analysis of EEG/MEG signals under pharmacological influence.
  • Dynamic processes in EEG/MEG during multisensory perception and cognition.

    Other long-term projects:

  • Development of Operational Architectonics framework of brain and mind functioning.
  • Isomorphism between EEG/MEG microstructure and a structure of phenomenal experience (consciousness).


    Main collaborative research partners:

  • BioMag Laboratory, Medical Engineering Centre, Helsinki University Central Hospital. FINLAND
  • The Consciousness Research Group, Department of Philosophy, University of Turku, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. FINLAND.
  • Dr. Sergey Borisov, PhD. Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, USA
  • Dr. Giorgio Marchetti and Dr. Giulio Benedetti, Mind, Consciousness, and Language Network , ITALY
  • Dr. Steven Laureys, MD, PhD. Cyclotron Research Centre, Liege University, BELGIUM
  • Prof. Alexander Kaplan, PhD. Human Brain Research Group, Human Physiology Department, Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology. RUSSIAN FEDERATION.


    The co-heads of research team are:

    Dr Andrew A. Fingelkurts

    Dr Alexander A. Fingelkurts

    Drs. Andrew A. and Alexander A. Fingelkurts have careers in academic neuroscience, psychophysiology and clinical research, with a considerable number of publications in scientific journals, book chapters and a lecturing practice in areas of neuroscience and applied psychophysiology.

    Their areas of expertise include neuroinformatics, quantitative EEG diagnostics, advanced methods of EEG/MEG analysis and systemic psychophysiology. They have been consultants to the Medico-diagnostic Center of Armed Forces General Staff of Russian Federation through the Moscow State University, and the consultants to the neurological division of the Medical Centre of Russian Federation President's Management Department, served as researchers of the State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation - Institute for Biomedical Problems, and as senior researchers at the Research Centre for Computational Science and Engineering in Laboratory of Computational Engineering Cognitive Science and Technology at Helsinki University of Technology. Currently, they are collaborative researchers at the BioMag Laboratory, Medical Engineering Centre, of Helsinki University Central Hospital. Drs. Fingelkurts are members of Neuroinformatics Organization (NIO, since 2002), Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM, since 1999), New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS, since 1997), and International Brain Research Organization (IBRO, since 1994).

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