Alexey A. Kotov
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology
- Leading Research Fellow: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology / Laboratory for Cognitive Research
- Alexey A. Kotov has been at HSE University since 2011.
- Language Proficiency
- English
- Contacts
- Phone:
+7 (495) 772-95-90
15366
+7 (926) 591-36-95 - Address: 3 Krivokolenny Pereulok, room 205
- Research Group for Cognitive Development
- SPIN-RSCI: 5279-7902
- ORCID: 0000-0002-4426-4265
- ResearcherID: J-4627-2015
- Scopus AuthorID: 57191706856
- Google Scholar
- Office hours
- 16.20-17.40
- Blogs
- ResearchGate
- Supervisor
- M. Chumakova
- Assistant
- Y. Tuzhilina
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Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
2007
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in General Psychology, Psychology of Personality, History of PsychologyRussian State University for the Humanities
2006
Doctoral programmeRussian State University for the Humanities
2005
Professor2003
DegreeRussian State University for the Humanities
1998
Associate Professor* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2022, 2017–2019
- Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2023
Courses (2025/2026)
- Cognitive Development (Bachelor field of study Psychology; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Evolutionary Psychology (Bachelor field of study Psychology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Psychometrics and Neuroscience" (Master field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Neurosciences in Education (Master field of study Pedagogy; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Neurosciences in Education (Mago-Lego)Rus
- Research Methods in Cognitive Development (Master field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Research Methods in Cognitive Development (Master field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Research Methods in Cognitive Development (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
Courses (2024/2025)
- Cognitive Development (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Cognitive Development (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Cognitive Development (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Cognitive Development (Master field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Cognitive Development (Master field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Evolutionary Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Learning concepts and categories (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Learning concepts and categories (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Eng
- Learning concepts and categories (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Psychology, Pedagogy; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 2 semester)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Cognitive Development (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Psychology, field of study Psychology; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Cognitive Development (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Eng
- Evolutionary Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology and neurophysiology of memory and learning (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology and neurophysiology of memory and learning (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Cognitive Development (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Eng
- Cognitive Development (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Psychology, field of study Psychology; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Evolutionary Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology and neurophysiology of memory and learning (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Cognitive Development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
- Evolutionary Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Management; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Management; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Management, field of study Management, field of study Management; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Cognitive development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
- Evolutionary Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Psychology of Memory, Learning and Cognitive Development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
for a Candidate of Sciences degree
- 1K. Luzhnova Predictors of Adaptation of Students in Resource Classes to the Educational Environment
6
Jan
2022
The new publication of our Lab's members in Frontiers in Psychology | Cognitive Science
Alexey Kotov and Yulia Sudorgina published an article in "Frontiers in Psychology" on the influence of language on the comprehension and evaluation of judgments.
15
Sep
2021
New research direction in the laboratory as part of the Project Group Competition
Laboratory members received support for research on "The development of types of imagination in preschool children: cognitive and ontogenetic mechanisms".
6
Aug
2021
Researchers of Neuropsy Lab took part at the virtual Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Our Laboratory staff together with colleagues from HSE (Saint Petersburg) and University of California, Irvine, spoke at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 27-29 July 2021.
27
Jul
2021
Researchers of Neuropsy Lab gave lectures as a part of the educational module "Cognitive Research Methods" at NTU Sirius, Sochi
On the 10 of July Neuropsy Lab members Arsalidou Marie, Yulia Sudorgina, Valentina Bachurina, Andrey Faber, Maria Zherdeva as well as Roman Tikhonov (HSE, St. Petersburg) gave lectures to the students of the module "Methods of Cognitive Research" as a part of the educational module at NTU Sirius.
20
Jul
2021
Researchers of Neuropsy Lab addressed the Conference «Cognitive Science in Moscow: New Research»
The Sixth Conference «Cognitive Science in Moscow: New Research» was held in June, 23-24.
18
Jul
2021
Scientific Questrom for children in Neuropsy Lab made by the University for Children (the Polytechnic Museum)
During the visit to our laboratory children were introduced to cognitive development studies and participated in the Quest.
28
Dec
2020
Neuropsy Lab members made online presentations at the conference in Yaroslavl
Russian National Scientific Conference in Memory of Jerome Bruner "Cognitive psychology: higher- and low-order processes" was held on December 18-19, 2020.