A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them

Ecclesiastes 3:5

Natural Systems of Mind

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Elena V. Volkova

Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Chemistry (MD). Head of the Druzhinin Laboratory of Abilities and Mental Resources, Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences
Areas of Expertise:
  • Evolution and Development (The DI-Theory of Development)
  • Differential Psychophysiology
  • Computer Science
  • The Triune Nature of Human Abilities (Biological, Psychological and Social)
  • Chemical Intelligence
  • Cognitive Styles

Irina N. Trofimova

Ph.D. (Psychology). A Senior Researcher and an Adjunct Professor within the Collective Intelligence Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Expertise:
  • Taxonomies of Temperament and Personality
  • Functionality of Neurotransmitter Systems
  • Psychometrics
  • Clinical, Evolutionary and Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychosemantics
  • Psychological Assessment and Psychological Treatment
  • Mathematical Modelling in Psychology
  • Complex Systems Theories and Diversity Theory

Editorial board

Yuri I. Alexandrov

Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), PhD (Medical Sciences). Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Head of the Shvyrkov Laboratory of Neural Bases Mind, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow State University of Psychology & Educаtion; Department of Psychology, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Systemic, social, cultural and cognitive neuroscience

Alexey B. Danilov

Doctor of Sciences (Medical Sciences). Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Medicine. Head of the Center for Pain Management in the Professor Kalinchenko Clinic, Executive Director of the Association of Interdisciplinary Medicine. Head of the Department of Nervous Diseases of the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Areas of expertise:
  • Stress Management (Stress Management Technologies)
  • A Conscious Approach to Own Health and Responsible Self-Medication
  • The Relationship of Nutrition and Nervous Diseases
  • Innovative Health-Saving And Health-Enhancing Technologies
  • Architecture, Design and Health (Wellness Architecture and Design)
  • Science Art

Natalia V. Gulyaeva

Doctor of Sciences (Biology), Professor, Chief Scientist, Head of the Laboratory of Functional Biochemistry of the Nervous System; Institute of Higher Nervous Activity & Neurophysiology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Neurobiology (Neurophysiology and Pathology of the Brain, Neurochemistry, Molecular Mechanisms of Neural Plasticity and Pathology, Mechanisms of Stress Resistance and Stress Reactivity)
  • Translational Medicine (Modeling of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders in Parallel with Neurochemical Studies of Epilepsy, Stroke, Depression, Anxiety, and Neurodegenerative Disorders in the Clinical Setting)

Alexander Ya. Kaplan

Doctor of Sciences (Biology). Professor, Head of Neuro-Computer Interfaces Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Areas of expertise:
  • The Functional State of the Human Brain in Norm, Pathology and Neuropsychic Overload
  • The Study of States of Altered Consciousness
  • The Formation of Mental Images of Movement and Verbal Elements
  • Methods of Electroencephalography, Aitracking, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Technology Interfaces Brain-Computer

Marina A. Kholodnaya

Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor. Chief Researcher of the Druzhinin Laboratory of Abilities and Mental Resources, Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Ontological Theory of Intelligence
  • Quadrupolar Model of Cognitive Styles
  • Structural and Functional Theory of Conceptual Thinking
  • The Theory of Intellectual Giftedness as a Form of Intellectual Competence

Oleg P. Kuznetsov

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Methods of intellectualization of discrete processes and control systems, V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Russian Association for Artificial Intelligence
Areas of expertise:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applied Logic
  • Graph and Network Theory
  • Modeling of Cognitive Processes
  • Natural Intelligence Modeling
  • Cognitive Modeling and Decision Making

Timofey A. Nestik

Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Social and Economic Psychology. Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Social Psychology of Time, Psychological Aspects of Social Forecasting and Strategic Foresight
  • Group Reflexivity and Cognitive Processes in Small Groups
  • Psychology of Collective Creativity and Knowledge Management in Organizations
  • Attitudes toward New Technologies
  • Psychology of Global Risks

Vladimir M. Rusalov

Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor. Chief Researcher of the Druzhinin Laboratory of Abilities and Mental Resources, Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Differential Psychophysiology
  • Properties of the Nervous System
  • Individual Differences
  • Ideo-Dynamic Model of the Structure and Development of Individuality
  • Temperament and Personality Traits
  • Intelligence
  • Mental Resources
  • Psychometrics

Mikko Sams

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Aalto University, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Finland
Areas of expertise:
  • Psychology
  • Systemic and cognitive neuroscience

Tatyana Yu. Semiglazova

MD, PhD, DrMedSc, Head of Department, Leading Researcher at the Department of Innovative Methods of Therapeutic Oncology and Rehabilitation, Federal State Budget Institution "National Medical Research Center of Oncology na N.N. Petrov" Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Professor at the Department of Oncology of North-Western State Medical University na I.I. Mechnikov St. Petersburg, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Clinical Oncology:
  • Tumor Biology
  • Cancer Biology
  • Cancer Diagnostics
  • Cancer Biomarkers
  • Cancer Immunology

William Sulis

Ph.D. (Mathematics), Ph.D. (Theoretical Physics), M.D. (psychiatry). He is a President of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences. Director of the Collective Intelligence Laboratory; an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Canada; Director of the Late Life Memory Clinic, Haldimand War Memorial, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Areas of expertise:
  • Nonlinear Dynamics Methods
  • Process Theory and Developed the Process Algebra Model of Quantum Mechanics
  • Particularly Transient Global Induced Response Synchronization and Dispositional Cellular Automata
  • Collective Intelligence
  • Neurochemical Systems Regulating Human Behavior
  • Mathematical Methods and their Use in Psychology

Dmitry V. Ushakov

Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor. Director of the Institute of Psychology (Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Creativity, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Laboratory of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Methodological Problems of Psychology
  • The Structural-Dynamic Theory of Intelligence
  • Social Intelligence
  • Thinking
  • Creativity

Managing Editor

Konstantin B. Zuev

Head of Public Relations, Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Areas of expertise:
  • Scientometrics
  • History of Psychology
  • Family Psychology

Editorial Assistants

  • Vladimir V. Apanovich
  • Denis A. Dokuchaev
  • Natalya E. Volkova