Yury Kropotov, PhD
Yury Kropotov is a well-known researcher in the field of EEG (electroencephalography) biofeedback. He is the founder of the Institute of Medical Psychology in Moscow, which focuses on the development of new approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders based on EEG and neurofeedback principles. Kropotov has published numerous books and articles on neurofeedback, including the textbook ""Quantitative EEG, Event-Related Potentials and Neurotherapy.
Dr. Yuri Kropotov is co-founder of HBI-med Swiss company and may potentially benefit financially from the research findings presented herein. Professor Yury D. Kropotov graduated from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Leningrad in 1972. (now St. Petersburg). He defended three doctoral dissertations and also obtained the title of professor in the field of neurophysiology. Currently, he is the Director of the Neurobiology Laboratory of the Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg and is a professor at the Institute of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
Prof. Kropotov is a world-renowned specialist in research on the human brain, representing cognitive neuroscience. In his works, he combines knowledge from the field of social and biomedical sciences, thus representing the biopsychosocial trend in health sciences. He is the author of the ""theory of human action programming"". He is the founder of the QEEG normative database for normal children and adults and pathology in HBI. His recent research on moderating brain parameters in the process of neurotherapy opens up new possibilities for athletes to achieve peak performance during competitions.
Prof. Yury D. Kropotov substantively supports research conducted within the National Center for Sport Psychology at AWFiS in Gdańsk. Cooperation with him creates a huge opportunity for our University, both for the development of social, medical and biological sciences.
Presenting: “Functional neuromarkers of sensory, affective, memory and cognitive processes of the human brain in normal and pathological conditions”
"The report presents a methodology for identifying hidden functional sources from event-related group potentials. This methodology was developed over the past 20 years at the Institute of the human brain after N.P. Bechtereva and was commercially implemented at HBI med, a Swiss-based company. The idea behind the methodology is that when performing psychological tests of perception, memory, and cognitive control, various neurophysiological processes unfold in the human brain. These processes are correlates of mental operations that are represented independently and in different ways in different individuals.
By recording multichannel EEG in a large group of subjects who perform a set of standard tests, we are able to calculate electrophysiological correlates of the superposition of these brain processes in the form of event-related potentials (ERPs), and by applying blind source separation methods to the obtained ERPs, we are able to calculate latent components that are correlates of hidden psychological processes represented independently in different respects. We compiled a normative database (1,000 healthy subjects aged 7-80 years) and databases of patients with mental disorders (ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, OCD, depression, PTSD, anxiety). Our own research shows that latent components of evoked potentials (EPs) are specifically associated with various psychological processes, such as repetition suppression and enhancement in visual memory, conflict detection and monitoring, action suppression, reactivation of stimulus-response associations in cognitive processes, and activation processes in the affective domain.
This approach provides us with a unique opportunity to assess brain dysfunction in mental disorders and develop appropriate protocols for various neuromodulation methods (traditional neurofeedback, infra-low-frequency neurofeedback, transcranial direct current stimulation, and photobiomodulation). Experience with neuromodulation methods within the framework of this approach will be presented. The research results have been published in over 100 articles and 7 monographs."
Education Level: INTERMEDIATE
Content builds upon the learner's foundational knowledge, familiarity with the literature and/or experience in a content area. Programming at this level includes more depth than at a beginning level program. It could also serve as a refresher course for individuals who have a background in a content area and are interested in learning more contemporary applications. The primary goal of this particular program is to broaden the clinical, consultative, and research knowledge bases of attendees and was deemed intermediate, by the definition above. For those psychologists using the modality of biofeedback and interested in efficacy, science, and latest clinical applications. This conference presents research relevant to psychological practice, education, and science; (2) it is our intention to host an offering to help psychologists to keep up with the most current scientific evidence regarding assessment, intervention, and education; and (3) we believe that this program would allow psychologists to increase competencies to improve services to patients. This conference is IN NO WAY a substitute for the basic academic education and training needed for entry into the field of psychology.