Biography:
Professor Svyatoslav Medvedev, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1990-2017 - director of the Institute of Human Brain. Area of research: human neurophysiology, investigations of neurophysiological correlates and basic mechanisms of organization and functioning of the cerebral system maintaining mental activity, study of the human brain neuronal activity and depth evoked potentials related to visual perception, PET studies of higher nervous activity and different kinds of pathlogy, studies of brain maintenance of attention, thinking, creativity, speech, emotions; neurooncology, trauma, neurodegenerative disorders, ishemia stroke etc. He has published more than 100 articles and 6 books.
Title : Physiological correlates of the altered states of consciousness at different types of meditation at skilled practitioners
Title : Investigation of brain systems: from activations to interactions