Illustrations can help remember specific actions but do not always make abstract ideas easier to learn. Researchers from HSE University and Humboldt University compared how people learn from texts with different levels of abstractness. They found that participants remembered illustrations better and performed better on related tasks after reading a multimedia text about yoga asanas than after reading an abstract text about the Nash equilibrium. The findings could help improve the selection of illustrations for educational and informational materials. The study has been published in Learning and Instruction.
When Tatiana Eremicheva chose Fundamental and Computational Linguistics as her field of study, she thought it would be about learning languages. Instead, she discovered it was about helping people. In this interview for the HSE Young Scientists project, she discusses science as a way of understanding the world, billiards as a team-building activity, and why learning to read is not always as easy as it seems.
International conflicts, crises and digital overload—the modern world puts our minds to the test every day. Traditional psychology often focuses on the consequences: anxiety, depression, and psychosomatic disorders. But what if we looked at the problem differently—through the lens of the resources that prevent us from breaking down? Psychological immunity is precisely this set of resources. Alena Zolotareva and her group, Psychological Immunity as a Resource for Positive Functioning, are developing an integrative model of this phenomenon, adapting diagnostic tools and preparing for large-scale empirical research. Why do psychologists need to collaborate with medical professionals, and how could their research transform preventive care in clinics and corporations?
Алиев Ю. Э., Бессараб Н. С., Gorbunov Y. Y., Греченкова К. А., Ivanov A. A., Левушкин А. Н., Летова Н. В., Panarina M., Рапопорт М. Ю., Rostovtseva N. V., Suchkova N.Статут, 2024.
Рапопорт М. Ю., Вестник экономического правосудия Российской Федерации 2026 № 6 С. 38–61
In the second part of the article the criterion relating to the principal’s conduct is examined. The author sets out two conceptual approaches to the assessment of that criterion. The first is grounded in the fault principle; the second is grounded in the risk principle. The article demonstrates a gradual shift in most legal systems ...
Рапопорт М. Ю., Вестник экономического правосудия Российской Федерации 2026 № 5 С. 63–97
Apparent authority constitutes a significant exception to the principle of autonomy of will. Upon recognizing that apparent authority deserves protection, a transaction may bind even a person who may never have manifested their consent to the authorization. This article analyzes the conditions under which apparent authority is afforded protection. In Russian law, consistent with foreign ...
Disputes involving banks have had a decisive impact on the modern understanding of many private law institutions. The apparent authority is no exception. In classic cases, the bank acted as the principal and the courts protected bona fide clients who relied on the apparent authority. However, a new category of disputes is now being considered, ...