Maria Volodina
- Research Fellow: Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience / Centre for Bioelectric Interfaces
- Maria Volodina has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Biology department
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Professional training course "Data Scientist", Yandex.Practicum.
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1A. Rusinova Investigation of the relationships between interoceptive awareness, psychophysiological state, time perception, and prosocial behavior
Courses (2025/2026)
- Neuroscience (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Neuroscience (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Neuroscience (Mago-Lego; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience; 2, 3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Neuroscience (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Political Science; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Neuroscience (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Eng
- Neuroscience (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Cognitive Sciences" 2 (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2023/2024)
- Mathematical Aspects of EEG and MEG Based Neuroimaging (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
- Mathematical Aspects of EEG and MEG Based Neuroimaging (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
- Neuroscience (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Neuroscience (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Cognitive Sciences" (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research seminar "Introduction to Experimental Science" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Mathematical Aspects of EEG and MEG Based Neuroimaging (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
- Mathematical Aspects of EEG and MEG Based Neuroimaging (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
- Research seminar "Topical Issues of Cognitive Neuroscience" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Mathematical Aspects of EEG and MEG Based Neuroimaging (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Cognitive Neuroscience (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Mathematical Aspects of EEG and MEG Based Neuroimaging (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience field of study Psychology; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Internal Clock: How Heart Rate and Emotions Shape Our Perception of Time
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.
Our article has been published in the Scientific Reports!
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.
Journal "Правила жизни" included BRAINSTART with iNeurofeedback technology in "7 Technology Startups from Russia to Watch"
The startup is involved in developing the next generation of EEG-based biofeedback technology (neurofeedback).
What is meditation, how practice it, and can its effectiveness be evaluated using scientific methods?
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
Meditation Affects People in Different Ways
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.
Researchers from the Higher School of Economics found out that meditation affects people differently
A group of scientists from the Center for Bioelectrical Interfaces at the National Research University Higher School of Economics studied the activity of the brain and other body systems during meditation. In the course of the study, it was shown for the first time that by performing the same instructions, some people relax, while others concentrate. The study was published in the journal PlosOne.