该研究所成立于2020年，在同名实验室的基础上，成立于2003年，旨在研究认知，思维，知觉和其他大脑机制以及复杂的行为形式。现在，该研究所聘请了语言学家，神经生理学家和实验心理学家。

多年来，该实验室已经实施了大约十几个半科学项目，这些项目得到了俄罗斯科学基金会（RGNF，RFBR，RSF）的支持，教育部的联邦目标计划以及圣彼得堡大学的内部资助。

该研究所还充当本科生和研究生的培训中心 - 课程和文凭作品，硕士和候选人的论文都在这里进行。在培训期间，每个学生都使用研究所的设备和资源进行科学实践并实施自己的实验研究。对于希望在大学内继续其科学生涯的研究生，提供研究工程师的费率，以便他们可以充分参与项目。在研究所工作人员的参与下，在教育平台“开放教育”和Coursera上创建了在线课程“心理语言学”。

The Institute was founded in 2020, based on a laboratory of the same name, in 2003, to study cognition, thinking, perception and other brain mechanisms as well as complex forms of behavior. The institute now employs linguists, neurophysiologists and experimental psychologists.

Over the years, the laboratory has implemented about a dozen semi-scientific projects supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RGNF, RFBR, RSF), the Federal Objectives program of the Ministry of Education, and internal funding from St. Petersburg University.

The institute also acts as a training centre for undergraduate and postgraduate students - course and diploma productions, and both masters and candidates' theses are conducted here. During the training, each student uses the institute's equipment and resources for scientific practice and carries out his own experimental research. For graduate students wishing to continue their scientific careers at the university, research engineer rates are offered so that they can participate fully in the project. With the participation of institute staff, an online course called psycholinguistics was created on education platform Open Education and Coursera.