Veronika V. Nourkova is a professor in the department of Psychology at Lomonosov Moscow State University. She earned her PhD degree in 1998 and Doc.of Sci. degree in 2010, both from her home university. She was a Fulbright senior researcher at Washington University, Seattle and published more than 100 scientific papers, 3 monographs and 2 handbooks in psychology. Nourkova was awarded the Medal of Russian Academy of Science for the best book in Social science (2001), the Academia Europea Prize (2003), and the Best Handbook Award at the National contest “Lectures’ favorite” (2013, 2014). Nourkova’s research focuses on autobiographical memory, social and cultural determination of cognition, and methodological issues.