Alexander R. Luria

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Alexander R. Luria


Born
in Kazan, Russian Federation
July 16, 1902

Died
August 14, 1977

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Alexander Romanovich Luria (Russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Лу́рия ) was a famous Soviet neuropsychologist and developmental psychologist. He was one of the founders of cultural-historical psychology and the leaders of the Vygotsky Circle. Apart from his work with Vygotsky, he is widely known for his later work with two extraordinary psychological case studies, his study of a man with a highly advanced memory published as The Mind of a Mnemonist, and the study of a man with traumatic brain injury published in The Man with a Shattered World. ...more

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The Mind of a Mnemonist

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4.03 avg rating — 2,001 ratings — published 1965 — 45 editions
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The Man with a Shattered Wo...

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The Working Brain: An Intro...

4.18 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1973 — 20 editions
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Cognitive Development: Its ...

4.39 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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Language and Cognition

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3.95 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1975 — 9 editions
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The Making of Mind: A Perso...

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Higher Cortical Functions i...

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The neuropsychology of memory

4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions
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Основные проблемы нейролинг...

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Лекции по общей психологии

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“A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling, will, sensibility, and moral being.”
Alexander R. Luria

“Perhaps this account of a man who "saw" everything will play some part in the difficult course that lies ahead.”
Alexander R. Luria, The Mind of a Mnemonist

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