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Researchers from the HSE Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience have proposed a new method to process magnetoencephalography (MEG) data, which helps find cortical activation areas with higher precision. The method can be used in both basic research and clinical practice to diagnose a wide range of neurological disorders and to prepare patients for brain surgery. The paper describing the algorithm was published in the journal NeuroImage.

January 28, 2021, a graduate student, assistant researcher at ILSUR, Isaak Olumaeva Oni, presented the results of his research on aspects of African migration to Russia.

On the 27th January 2021 Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova and Olga Verbilovich have presented a paper on "Dis/abling public sphere: transformation of public discourse around disability in today's Russia".

Biologists and mathematicians from HSE University, Skoltech and the RAS Kharkevich Institute have studied the spread of COVID-19 in Russia. The main part of the study was completed in late June, but until October, the team was working with data following the reviewers’ recommendations. The paper was published on January 28, 2021 in the journal Nature Communications. MIEM students spoke about their contribution to the research.

A new Oxford Handbook dedicated to the languages of the Caucasus appeared this month. It contains several contributions from members of the Linguistic Convergence Laboratory.

At the invitation of the Editor, since 2021, Dmitry Grigoryev has become a member of the Editorial Board of the international journal The Journal of Social Psychology. The journal was founded in 1929 by the American pragmatist philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952) and the American psychologist and popularizer of psychology Carl A. Murchison (1887-1961).

HSE has started recruitment for post-doctoral positions for the next academic year. International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ISCID) has proposed 7 research topics for postdoctoral fellows.

The innovation performance of firms depends on their ability to innovate in cooperation with external partners. In their study, HSE researchers found that most of innovation in Russian manufacturing happens in a sort of open processes, but extensive cooperation networks are barely detectable. The study was published in the December issue of Foresight and STI Governance.