Main description:

A summary of research by scientists in the field of cognitive neuroscience from outside the United States and Western Europe, this book offers a perspective on how international studies and developments in neurotechnology are impacted by the social foundations of the human condition. While focusing on Russian research, the book also presents research from China, India, and Brazil to describe how social foundations give rise to different moral issues and legal considerations. Chapters are grouped into topical sections that describe theoretical and technical programs of research. Each section includes commentary on ethical, legal, and social considerations.

Contents:

HISTORY AND TRADITION OF RUSSIAN NEUROSCIENE
The origins of Russian cognitive psychophysiology; Sokolova
Systemic psychophysiology; Alexandrov
Cognitive activity in the view of the theory of functional systems; Sudakov
Section Commentary: Identifying and framing the ethical and social issues of Russian basic neuroscience and neurotechnology research and its applications

RUSSIAN RESEARCH IN PERCEPTUAL AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Regulatory role of an unconscious cognitive set in brain mechanisms of perception of face emotional expression; Kostandov
Human-model-neuron: Spherical model of signal discrimination in visual system; Izmailov, Polaynsky, and Chernorizov
Strategies of thinking and individual characteristics of hemispheric interactions; Razumnikova
Section Commentary: From brain to mind- ELSI arising in Russian cognitive studies

RUSSIAN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Personality-related individual differences in spontaneous and induced brain oscillations; Knyazev
Oscilatory dynamics of spiking neurons and modeling memory functions; Nekorkin and Kazansev
The frequency-selective generators of oscillatory brain activity as the neuronal mechanism underlying cognitive processes; Danilova
Oscillatory self-organization of cyclic sythesis of sensory and memory information for object recognition; Miroshnikov
Section Commentary: Dynamical systems’ applications – from bench to social use

RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Individual alpha activity indices and neurofedback; Bazanova
Psychophysiology of fighting performance; Bochenkov
The psychophysiological approach to optimization of human operator performance under stress conditions; Zotov and Petrukovich
Neural network approaches to prediction of human operator performance; Bulka
Section Commentary: Technology Implications of Russian translational neurotechnology research

RESEARCH FROM CHINA, INDIA, AND BRAZIL
Chinese Neurotechnolgoy RDTE and uses
Indian Neurotechnolgoy RDTE and uses
Brazilian Neurotechnolgoy RDTE and uses
Section Commentary: Shifting borders and advancing frontiers – analyses and surety considerations in acknowledgement of the neurotechnological imperative