Research Institute for Brain Development and Peak Performance
Research Institute for Brain Development and Peak Performance
The Institute studies the deep structures and basic functions of the brain to enhance cognitive abilities and conducts fundamental and applied research in human brain development and neurorehabilitation.
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
The Institute develops innovative technologies for diagnosing and enhancing cognitive abilities in various age and sociocultural populations:
• patients who had neuro-oncological diseases and oncohematological diseases, strokes, traumatic brain injuries, comas, asphyxia
• athletes at the peak of their performance
• people with high cognitive reserve
• elderly (55+)
• students and schoolchildren
RESOURCES
Equipment Fleet
• Senaptec Sensory Station (USA)
• Schufried Vienna Test System for psychodiagnostic assessment and identification of individual traits (Austria)
• DynaVision for training visual-motor coordination (USA)
• Fit Light for training various athlete characteristics, including coordination, reaction time, information processing and decision-making speed, and movement efficiency (Canada)
• Pablo for correcting gross and fine motor skills of the upper limb muscles (Canada)
• Tymo Tyromotion for assessing strength, weight and movement distribution (Austria)
• Praktika-MSU system for developing and conducting chronometric experiments with complex or non-standard visual and auditory stimulation (Russia)
• Hi-Res HTC Vive Pro Eye headsets (China)
• Device for assessing facial expressions based on video recording (“Emoradar”, Russia)
• АctiCHamp Plus — a universal laboratory amplifier for laboratory EEG recordings, compatible with active and passive electrodes and offering a scalable solution for high-density recordings (Germany)
• EyeLink 1000 Plus — the world’s most accurate and fastest eye tracker, operating with a binocular frequency of up to 2000 Hz (Canada)
OBJECTIVES
• to create modern comprehensive valid diagnostic methods for assessing higher mental functions and motor control;
• to develop and test psychological and physical diagnosis and correction of cognitive functions in various educational and professional groups, as well as in diseases and disorders of the central nervous system;
• to monitor individual and group training processes in sports and professional activities, bringing athletes to a time-dependent peak physical condition.
The Institute brings together specialists from various fields:
• Neurobiologists, neurophysiologists
• Clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists
• Linguists
• Programmers
RESULTS
• A technology for diagnosing and enhancing neurocognitive functions of patients who recovered from neuro-oncological diseases and oncohematological diseases, strokes, traumatic brain injuries, comas, asphyxia was developed.
• A technology for diagnosing and enhancing neurocognitive functions of older employees (55+) was developed.
• A technology for diagnosing and enhancing neurocognitive functions of people who recovered from COVID-19 was developed.
• A technology for online diagnosis of neurocognitive functions in various age and sociocultural populations was developed.
Partners
• Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation
• Federal Medical-Biological Agency of the Russian Federation
• Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Russian Academy of Education
• Federal Center for Training of Sports Reserves of the Ministry of Sport of Russia
• Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Russkoe Pole Clinical Rehabilitation Research Center for patients in remission of Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
• VTB Bank
• National Association of Specialists in Thrombosis, Clinical Hemostasis and Hemorheology
• Pyatigorsk State University
• Quality of Life International Association
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
The Institute develops innovative technologies for diagnosing and enhancing cognitive abilities in various age and sociocultural populations:
• patients who had neuro-oncological diseases and oncohematological diseases, strokes, traumatic brain injuries, comas, asphyxia
• athletes at the peak of their performance
• people with high cognitive reserve
• elderly (55+)
• students and schoolchildren
RESOURCES
Equipment Fleet
• Senaptec Sensory Station (USA)
• Schufried Vienna Test System for psychodiagnostic assessment and identification of individual traits (Austria)
• DynaVision for training visual-motor coordination (USA)
• Fit Light for training various athlete characteristics, including coordination, reaction time, information processing and decision-making speed, and movement efficiency (Canada)
• Pablo for correcting gross and fine motor skills of the upper limb muscles (Canada)
• Tymo Tyromotion for assessing strength, weight and movement distribution (Austria)
• Praktika-MSU system for developing and conducting chronometric experiments with complex or non-standard visual and auditory stimulation (Russia)
• Hi-Res HTC Vive Pro Eye headsets (China)
• Device for assessing facial expressions based on video recording (“Emoradar”, Russia)
• АctiCHamp Plus — a universal laboratory amplifier for laboratory EEG recordings, compatible with active and passive electrodes and offering a scalable solution for high-density recordings (Germany)
• EyeLink 1000 Plus — the world’s most accurate and fastest eye tracker, operating with a binocular frequency of up to 2000 Hz (Canada)
OBJECTIVES
• to create modern comprehensive valid diagnostic methods for assessing higher mental functions and motor control;
• to develop and test psychological and physical diagnosis and correction of cognitive functions in various educational and professional groups, as well as in diseases and disorders of the central nervous system;
• to monitor individual and group training processes in sports and professional activities, bringing athletes to a time-dependent peak physical condition.
The Institute brings together specialists from various fields:
• Neurobiologists, neurophysiologists
• Clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists
• Linguists
• Programmers
RESULTS
• A technology for diagnosing and enhancing neurocognitive functions of patients who recovered from neuro-oncological diseases and oncohematological diseases, strokes, traumatic brain injuries, comas, asphyxia was developed.
• A technology for diagnosing and enhancing neurocognitive functions of older employees (55+) was developed.
• A technology for diagnosing and enhancing neurocognitive functions of people who recovered from COVID-19 was developed.
• A technology for online diagnosis of neurocognitive functions in various age and sociocultural populations was developed.
Partners
• Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation
• Federal Medical-Biological Agency of the Russian Federation
• Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Russian Academy of Education
• Federal Center for Training of Sports Reserves of the Ministry of Sport of Russia
• Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Russkoe Pole Clinical Rehabilitation Research Center for patients in remission of Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
• VTB Bank
• National Association of Specialists in Thrombosis, Clinical Hemostasis and Hemorheology
• Pyatigorsk State University
• Quality of Life International Association
News All news
Science
06 Apr
RUDN and China: Science beyond borders
In the last five years, academic staff of RUDN alongside the Chinese universities and research centers has achieved impressive results. More than 1,000 scientific publications were made jointly in a wide spectrum from engineering and technology to medicine and social sciences. 19 of these materials were published in top-rated journals which verifies that the works were world-class level.
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25 Mar
RUDN University Among the Leaders in the BRICS ESG University Ranking!
RUDN University has been included among the leaders in the BRICS ESG University Ranking among 65 leading universities. They were assessed on 20 criteria, ranging from education and research to environmental and social agendas.
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At a meeting of the new RUDN University Dissertation Council in the specialties of 2.1.12 “Architecture of Buildings and Structures. Creative Concepts of Architectural Activity” and 2.1.11 “Theory and History of Architecture, Restoration and Reconstruction of Historical and Architectural Heritage”, three postgraduate students — Natalia Kalinina, Evgeny Ogienko, and Yulia Loginova — were awarded PhD degrees in Architecture for the first time in the university's history.
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XVIII International Scientific and Practical Conference of young Scientists “Innovative processes in agriculture”
On March 25, 2026, the scientific center “Smart technologies for sustainable development of the urban environment in the context of global changes” of ATI RUDN University will organize an international scientific seminar “Ecological and Economic Approaches to the Assessment of Ecosystem Functions of Green Spaces in Moscow”. The event will be held in a mixed format on the Yandex Telemost platform. The working language is Russian.
Direction:
International cooperation
Event format:
Сonference
Organizer:
Agrarian and Technological Institute
International conference “Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: History and Modernity”
The Department of Foreign Languages of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of RUDN is pleased to announce the international conference “Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: History and Modernity” to be held on April 23-24, 2026 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba.
International Scientific Seminar “The Green Standard: Novel Approaches to the Design of Functional Urban Greening in New Construction Projects in Moscow”
On April 8, 2026, the scientific center «Smart technologies for sustainable development of the urban environment in the context of global changes» of ATI RUDN University will organize an international scientific seminar «The Green Standard: Novel Approaches to the Design of Functional Urban Greening in New Construction Projects in Moscow». The event will be held in a mixed format on the Yandex Telemost platform. The working language is Russian.