Alexander Sorokin, Ph.D.

alexander.sorokin@haskinslabs.org

Academic Positions with Affiliations:

Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Mental Health Research Center

Principal Research Scientist, Federal Research Center for Autism, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education

Education 

M.Sc. (Human Physiology), Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia, 1996

Ph.D. (Physiology), Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia, 2000

Research interests

The main research method of Alexander Sorokin is electroencephalography (EEG). He has used it to describe clinically relevant EEG patterns of neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as for visual and speech perception research. He has investigated auditory processing from the pre-attentive level up to attention-shifting using a multi-feature paradigm that contrasts speech and non-speech sounds as well as human and non-human novel sounds. His other projects include introduction of a comprehensive diagnostic protocol for autism spectrum disorders and study of oxidative stress in autism.

Representative Publications

Sorokin A, Alku P, Kujala T. Change and novelty detection in speech and non-speech sound streams. Brain Res. 2010 Apr 23; 1327:77-90. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.02.052

Kuuluvainen S, Nevalainen P, Sorokin A, Mittag M, Partanen E, Putkinen V, Seppänen M, Kähkönen S, Kujala T. The neural basis of sublexical speech and corresponding nonspeech processing: a combined EEG-MEG study. Brain Lang. 2014 Mar;130:19-32. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2014.01.008.

Sysoeva OV, Lange EB, Sorokin AB, Campbell T. From pre-attentive processes to durable representation: an ERP index of visual distraction. Int J Psychophysiol. 2015 Mar;95(3):310-21. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.12.00