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Grapheme-color synesthesia induction with V4 transcranial direct current stimulation
Current Psychology. 2024. Vol. 43. P. 23436–23441.
Grapheme-color synesthesia (GC-S) is a neurological condition in which the perception of a grapheme elicits the experience of color or even the visual representation of that grapheme as colored. Previous research using transcranial magnetic stimulation on GC-synesthetes demonstrated enhanced excitability of the visual cortex. Consequently, we hypothesized that using anodal "offline" transcranial direct current stimulation on the visual cortex in area V4 followed by visual training could boost cortical excitability in the target areas and thus produce effects similar to GC-S in non-synesthetes. We discovered that after anodal stimulation, participants had a considerably smaller mean change in reaction time on white symbols than after sham and cathodal stimulation. Our findings indirectly support the cross-activation hypothesis.
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Personality questionnaires do not directly record recurring conduct. Rather, they elicit
task-bounded reports of personality attributions: how respondents characterise themselves
using personality-descriptive content. From this perspective, established associations between
self-esteem and self-reported personality may depend on the evaluative meaning attached to
that content. We tested whether attitudes toward the Big Five traits moderated associations
between self-esteem and corresponding personality reports ...
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Pavlova A., Малых С. Б., Адамович Т. В., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2026 No. 20 Article 1843779
This study aimed to investigate resting-state neural correlates of math anxiety in high school students using a graph-theoretical approach. Sixty 10th-grade students (35 females; mean age = 16.15 years) participated in the study. Resting-state EEG data were acquired using a 32-channel wireless dry-sensor system (Cognionics Quick-32 series). Math anxiety was assessed using the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale. Mean ...
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Medushevsky A. N., Liberal.ru 2026
The Liberal Mission Foundation continues to introduce readers to new concepts of democracy and relevant publications. This discussion focuses on the challenges facing democracy in the era of globalization, as addressed in two recent books: *The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies* by S.C. Stokes (2025) and *Critical Theories and the Postsocialist Challenge: Race, ...
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Medushevsky A. N., Вопросы теоретической экономики 2026 № 2 С. 146–164
It is generally accepted that the basis of social and legal stability in any society is a consensus on vir tue — the fundamental values of proper behavior, ways of maintaining and reproducing them. And, conversely, the destruction of this consensus is a sign of the loss of stability and divergence of positions of social ...
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Vlasenko D., Saranskaia I., Zakharov D., European Physical Journal: Special Topics 2026 P. 1–16
Hypergraphs provide a natural framework for representing neurophysiological interactions distributed across sets of sensors. A key methodological question is how hyperedges should be defined from frequency-resolved electroencephalography/magnetoencephalography (EEG/MEG) data. We demonstrate a construction strategy in which hyperedges are obtained from canonical coherence (caCOH), an extension of coherence that estimates coupling between multidimensional signal spaces. To ...
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Diachkova M., Lelik V., Dorofeeva S. et al., Language Resources and Evaluation 2026 Vol. 60 Article 68
This article presents the Russian Language-Monolingual corpus (RusLan-M, v.1.0), a longitudinal multimedia collection of early child speech from two Russian-speaking monolingual children: Tosya (ages 0;10–3;10, 246 recordings) and Yasha (ages 1;04–3;00, 42 recordings). The corpus consists of approximately 41 h (2,454 min.) of video recordings and 35,386 child utterances, available with transcriptions in the CHAT ...
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Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Trifonova A., Bultseva M. A., Current Psychology 2026 Vol. 45 Article 1320
The current exploratory study aims to reveal identity gaps and interpersonal communication strategies used by Russians to overcome social identity crises. Based on previous research, we assume that many Russians who live both in Russia and abroad face ethnic and national identity threats and experience different social identity crises due to recent geopolitical events. This ...
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Ulgen H., Journal of International Students 2026 Vol. 16 No. 17 P. 283–312
This study reports a secondary analysis of phenomenologically informed, semistructured interviews with 15 Turkish undergraduate and graduate students at three universities in Moscow and examines how peer networks function beyond emotional buffering to support academic engagement and institutional navigation in Russian–medium higher education. Drawing on social support theory, communities of practice, and community cultural wealth ...
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A. Radygina, S. Kulikova, Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2025 Vol. 95 No. 6 P. 963–970
Musical training has a significant impact on brain organization, leading to functional and structural
adaptations that enhance auditory, visual, motor, and cognitive processes. This study investigates how
extensive musical training shapes functional brain connectivity by comparing professional musicians and
non-musicians. Using EEG phase-locking value (PLV) analysis, we examined neural synchronization across
alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges during music ...
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Semenova D., Radygina A., Zaripova J. et al., Nutrition and Food Science 2026 Vol. 56 No. 5 P. 969–981
Purpose
This study aims to investigate how objective (chemical composition, processing method) and subjective (perceived fat content) milk characteristics influence taste perception.
Design/methodology/approach
A blind tasting experiment was conducted with 36 participants who evaluated six commercial milk samples (all 2.5% fat) differing in thermal processing and brand territorial coverage. Each sample was tasted twice, yielding 432 observations. Fatty ...
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Kanaev E., Актуальные проблемы Европы 2026 № 1 С. 225–241
The article aims to specify how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) perceives the EU’s prospects for digital integration in the economic sphere stemming not so much from the statements of ASEAN officials, but from the objective factors pushing ASEAN towards cooperation with the EU. ...
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Kharlamov A. A., Pilgun M., , in: Special Issue Sensing Technology for Smart Cities: Data, Analytics, and VisualizationsVol. 24. Issue 15.: [б.и.], 2024.
The analysis of large volumes of data collected from heterogeneous sources is increasingly important for the development of megacities, the advancement of smart city technologies, and ensuring a high quality of life for citizens. This study aimed to develop algorithms for analyzing and interpreting social media data to assess citizens’ opinions in real time and ...
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Mironova P., Меркулова А. А., Фольклор и антропология города, Российская Федерация 2025 Т. 7 № 3 С. 74–95
Traditionally, Delhi’s markets are oversaturated spaces for sensory perception: a cacophony of sounds, contrasting smells, and a vivid visual cascade. This study adopts a sensitive ethnographic lens to examine how bodily sensations relate to sociality, of- fering insight into the social order of the marketplace and an individual’s position within it. What markers evoke comfort ...
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Герц А.Б., Митина О. В., Мир психологии. Научно-методический журнал 2025 № 1 С. 156–168
The article is devoted to the authenticity of the perception of the Uzbek folk dance by various representatives of ethnic groups. The existing theoretical substantiations of dance as a non-verbal language are analyzed. The peculiarities of the influence of factors of ethnicity, the gender of the respondent, as well as the characteristics of the presented ...
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Viktor Timokhov, Andrey Timashkov, Oksana Zinchenko, Scientific Reports 2025 Vol. 15 No. 1 Article 38153
This study investigated the causal role of the human frontopolar cortex (FPC) in managing counterfactual strategies during decision-making under uncertainty. Using a combination of cathodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) and computational modeling, we examined how cathodal stimulation, preliminarily simulated with SimNIBS, affects the retrieval of alternative strategies in the task that constantly provokes ...
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Alexandra Bernadotte, Zinchenko O., Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 2025 Vol. 19 Article 1444283
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stands as one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, affecting millions worldwide. While traditional pharmacological interventions have been the cornerstone of ADHD treatment, emerging novel methods such as transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and neurofeedback offer promising avenues for addressing the multifaceted challenges of ADHD management. This review paper critically ...
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Бордовский С. П., Муртазина Р. Т., Andreev S. et al., Медицинский совет 2025 № 12 С. 82–91
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative pathologies manifested by progressive motor and cognitiveaffective disorders. In the context of global population aging, the prevalence of pathology continues to grow steadily, which
creates a significant medical and social burden on health care systems and determines the relevance of the search for new
therapeutic approaches. As an ...
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Mezentseva A., Rostovtseva V., Komarova A. et al., Annals of Human Biology 2025 Vol. 52 No. 1 Article 2536162
Background: Head orientation during photography can distort facial shape, but this is
rarely considered in cross-population studies focusing on facial morphology and its
perception.
Aim: To assess how head positioning (Frankfurt Horizontal [FH] vs. natural position
[NP]) affects facial shape and trait perception across two ethnic populations.
Subjects and methods: Facial photographs were collected from Buryats of Mongolian
descent (N = ...
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Зинг М. Й., Shishkina A., Asia and Africa today 2025 No. 8 P. 31–38
This study is aimed at assessing the role of Western media in shaping the perception of Russia by the population of West Africa. The study employed qualitative research methods. The study leveraged the data collected during the field work on the image of Russia in Africa for three years (2020–2023). Thematic analysis was employed to ...
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Lesnykh K., Zangieva I., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2025 Vol. 34 No. 3 P. 146–166
Over the past several decades, the topic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become more widely discussed in society. This is not solely due to an actual increase in the number of cases but largely reflects improved diagnostic criteria, a better understanding, and a greater awareness among professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators. In contrast, ...
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Pilkina M., Educational studies 2024 Vol. 1 No. 3 P. 88–109
This study examines the perception of gender issues in academia in the Russian context. Specifically, the paper aims to reveal the criteria due to which academics might perceive gender-related problems in academia in different ways. The research was conducted among 901 men and women academics with Russian affiliation. The survey was presented as a 20-item ...
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Перикова Е. И., Филиппова М. Г., Blagoveshchensky E. et al., International Journal of Psychophysiology 2021 Vol. 168 P. S89
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on acquisition of novel vocabulary remain controversial, which could be related to specific neural mechanisms underpinning different language learning strategies. To comprehensively assess tDCS effects on fast mapping (FM) and explicit encoding (EE) of novel words, we modulated tDCS stimulation regime (anodal/cathodal/sham), stimulated hemisphere (left/right), site (Broca/Wernicke/their right-hemispheric ...
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Sherbakova O., Блинова Е. Н., Новиковская Н. А. et al., В кн.: От слова - к репрезентации: нейрокогнитивные основы вербального научения.: СПб.: Скифия-принт, 2022. Гл. 5 С. 294–350.
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