圣彼得堡大学的MIR人类实验室在圣彼得堡和俄罗斯其他地区进行跨学科研究。主要研究具有不同童年经历的儿童和成人发育的心理，心理生理和遗传特征。该实验室于2014年在圣彼得堡国立大学的基础上开放，得到了俄罗斯联邦政府的支持，以14.Z50.31.0027项目“早期剥夺对儿童发育生物行为指标的影响”赢得了大额竞争。
负责人是Elena Leonidovna Grigorenko，临床心理学家和发育障碍领域的专家，心理科学博士。项目的参与者是有儿童机构生活经验的儿童和成人，以及有孩子的孤儿院毕业生。
实验室还对患有自闭症谱系障碍以及语言和言语发育障碍的儿童进行研究。其研究团队使用许可的心理技术和经过认证的研究设备。所有专家都是合格的心理学家，心理生理学家和生物学家。
实验室保护有关研究结果和个人数据的机密信息，但随时准备向参与者提供个人反馈，并讨论心理方法并为教育游戏提出新的想法。
该研究的结果将为早期制度化对青少年和成人思维，语言，言语和适应能力发展的影响的想法的发展做出独特的贡献。
The MIR Human Laboratory at St. Petersburg University conducts interdisciplinary research in St. Petersburg and other parts of Russia. Studies the psychological, psychophysiological and genetic characteristics of child and adult development with different childhood experiences. The laboratory, which opened in 2014 on the basis of St. Petersburg State University with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation, won a large competition with the project 14.Z50.31.0027 "Effects of early Deprivation on Biological behavioral Indicators of child development".
The director is Elena Leonidovna Grigorenko, a clinical psychologist and expert in developmental disorders, with a PhD in psychological sciences. Participants are children and adults with experience in children's institutions, as well as orphanage graduates with children.
The lab also studies children with autism spectrum disorders and speech and speech development disorders. Its research team uses licensed psychological techniques and certified research equipment. All specialists are qualified psychologists, psychophysiologists and biologists.
The lab protects confidential information about research results and personal data, but stands ready to provide participants with personal feedback and to discuss psychological approaches and come up with new ideas for educational games.
The results of this study will make a unique contribution to the development of ideas about the effects of early institutionalization on thinking, language, speech and adaptive development in adolescents and adults.