Maria Volodina

Our perception of time depends on heart rate—this is the conclusion reached by neuroscientists at HSE University. In their experiment, volunteers watched short videos designed to evoke specific emotions and estimated each video's duration, while researchers recorded their heart activity using ECG. The study found that the slower a participant's heart rate, the shorter they perceived the video to be—especially when watching unpleasant content. The study has been published in Frontiers in Psychology.

The article "Short-term meditation training alters brain activity and sympathetic responses at rest, but not during meditation" was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Authors: Anna Rusinova, Maria Volodina, Alexei Ossadtchi.

The startup is involved in developing the next generation of EEG-based biofeedback technology (neurofeedback).

In the new issue of LessON, Maria Volodina, a junior researcher at the Center for Bioelectrical Interfaces at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, talks about the practical benefits of scientific research on meditation

A group of researchers from the HSE Centre for Bioelectric Interfaces has studied the activity of the brain and other body systems during meditation. It was the first study to show that, when following the same instructions, some people relax, while others concentrate. The results of the study were published in the PLOS ONE journal.