Tatyana Vladimirovna Chernigovskaya (russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Черни́говская; Born on 7 February 1947 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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) is a

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and Russian

scientist A scientist is a person who conducts Scientific method, scientific research to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, ...

in the field of

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

psycholinguistics Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the interrelation between linguistic factors and psychological aspects. The discipline is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind ...

and

theory of mind In psychology, theory of mind refers to the capacity to understand other people by ascribing mental states to them (that is, surmising what is happening in their mind). This includes the knowledge that others' mental states may be different fro ...

, a Honored Worker of Science (2010).Указ Президента РФ от 09.01.2010 № 33 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников федерального государственного образовательного учреждения высшего профессионального образования „Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет“» /
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— 14.01.2010. On her initiative in 2000 was first open training specialization ''"Psycholinguistics"'' (in General Linguistics Department of

St. Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

Faculty of Philology), Member of the Council on Science and Education under President of the Russian Federation.

Biography

Chernigovskaya was born in

. She graduated from the department of

English philology English studies (usually called simply English) is an academic discipline taught in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in English-speaking countries; it is not to be confused with English taught as a foreign language, which is ...

of philological faculty of Leningrad State University. She specialized in the field of

experimental phonetics Experimental phonetics is the branch of general phonetics that deals with the study of the sounds and other human speech units by applying the experimental method. This scientific field covers basic areas of phonetics - articulatory phonetics, acou ...

. Until 1998, she worked at the Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry. In 1977 she defended her

Candidate of Sciences Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, "do ...

thesis, and in 1993 her doctoral dissertation on "''The evolution of linguistic and cognitive function: physiological and neurolinguistic aspects''". She is a professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Philology of the

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

. She is engaged in experimental and clinical studies of the mental lexicon of Russian speakers. Her major research interests are the cerebral basis for linguistic and cognitive functions; artificial intelligence; language evolution, acquisition and pathology; analytical philosophy.

Activity

She teaches at St. Petersburg State University, and has been an invited lecturer in many European and North American Universities. She also hosted a series of television programs on the "Culture" channel - "Звёздное небо мышления", "Let's show a mirror to the nature ..." and "Petersburg - Fifth Channel" - "Night", heading "Intellect".

Awards

On 9 January 2010, the

President of the Russian Federation The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...

awarded her the honorary title "Honored Worker of Science".

Memberships

*Member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

(since 2006). *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.

Publications

She has more than 300 publications in Russian and foreign journals.Page in English
on genlingnw.ru

References

External links

Personal web-page

Evolution of Cerebral Functions for Language: phylo- and ontogenesis
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chernigovskaya, Tatyana Honoured Scientists of the Russian Federation Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 1947 births Living people Scientists from Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg State University alumni Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Russian philologists Women philologists Women linguists