The resilience of socio-technical systems, from corporate entities to governmental institutions, under critical conditions is directly dependent on the adaptive capacities of key individuals who constitute their cognitive and operational core. The ability of such actors to sustain cognitive performance, emotional stability, and physical endurance under systemic stress, environmental uncertainty, and extreme workload becomes a decisive determinant of organisational viability.
This project is devoted to the comprehensive investigation of individual adaptive potential as a fundamental basis for both resistance and resilience. We understand adaptive potential as an integrative characteristic, encompassing physiological mechanisms of stress regulation, neurocognitive resources for information processing under uncertainty, and behavioural strategies for coping with overload.
Conceptually, we define adaptive potential as a systemic property of the human organism and psyche – one that enables self-regulation, recovery, and the purposeful reorganisation of functional patterns in response to environmental challenges. It is a dynamic capacity not merely to withstand adverse influences, but to transform them into catalysts for adaptive development.
The research programme includes a systematic study of the effects of pharmacological interventions (including adaptogens and nootropics), as well as non-pharmacological approaches (such as breathing techniques, specialised physical training, meditative protocols, and cognitive exercises) on individual resilience to stress factors and the capacity for sustained performance under near-threshold conditions.