Tatyana Vladimirovna Chernigovskaya (Russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Черни́говская; Born on 7 February 1947 in Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of neuroscience, psycholinguistics and theory of mind. Honored Worker of Science (2010).[1] On her initiative in 2000 was first open training specialization "Psycholinguistics" (in General Linguistics Department of St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Philology).
Background
Born in Leningrad. She graduated from the department of English philology of philological faculty of Leningrad State University. She specialized in the field of experimental phonetics. Until 1998, she worked at the Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry. Sechenov Academy of Sciences laboratories bioacoustics, functional asymmetry of the human brain and comparative physiology of sensory systems (leading researcher). Deputy Director of Center Kurchatov Institute.
In 1977 she defended his thesis, and in 1993 doctoral dissertation on "The evolution of linguistic and cognitive function: physiological and neurolinguistic aspects". Doctor of Biological Sciences, doctor of philological sciences, professor (St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Philology).
She engaged in experimental and clinical studies of the mental lexicon of Russian speakers. Now, these studies continue, including N.A. Slusar and T.I. Svistunova.
Education
She studied at the only school that existed in the Soviet Union, where all the subjects were taught in English. This fact almost determined her future career.
Career
Since 1972 working for I.Sechenov Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences Since 1995 - Professor and head of the Research Department of General Linguistics and the Laboratory for Cognitive Studies at St. Petersburg State University. Was standing for corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences in 1997 and 2011. Teaches courses in Psycho- and Neurolinguistics; special seminars on cerebral basis for language and cognition. Supervisor for graduate, post-graduate and PhD students; consulting teachers, AI developers and speech therapists.
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Honorary member of the Semiotic Society of Finland.
President of Russian Association for Cognitive Studies (2008-2010).
Honorary Scientist of Russian Federation.
Honorary Scholar of Higher Education of Russia.