Beschrijving

Alexander Romanovitch Luria is widely recognized as one of the most prominent neuropsychologists of the twentieth century. This book - written by his long-standing colleague and published in Russian by Moscow University Press in 1992, fifteen years after his death - is the first serious volume from outside the Luria family devoted to his life and work and includes the most comprehensive bibliography available anywhere of Luria's writings.

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1. Childhood and Youth.- 2. The Twenties: Luria’s Acquaintance with L. S. Vygotsky and the Beginning of their Mutual Activity.- 3. The Thirties: An Expedition to Central Asia and the Twin Study.- 4. The Forties: World War II and the Rehabilitation Hospital—Neuropsychology in the Making.- 5. The Fifties: Luria’s Work in Defectology.- 6. The Sixties: A Vast Research Program in Neuropsychology.- 7. The Seventies: Creation of a Soviet Neuropsychological School.- 8. Alexander Romanovich Luria and Psychological Science.- Conclusion.- Appendix 2. The Bibliography of Alexander Romanovich Luria.

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