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Alexander R. Luria

Born

in Kazan, Russian Federation

July 16, 1902

Died

August 14, 1977

Genre

Nonfiction, Science

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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 by Alexander R. Luria, Jerome Bruner (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 2,073 ratings — published 1965 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound by Alexander R. Luria, Oliver Sacks (Foreword), Lynn Solotaroff (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 1,004 ratings — published 1971 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Working Brain: An Introduction To Neuropsychology 4.13 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cognitive Development: Its Cultural and Social Foundations 4.35 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language and Cognition by Alexander R. Luria, James V. Wertsch (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1975 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of Mind: A Personal Account of Soviet Psychology 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Higher Cortical Functions in Man. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Alexander R. Luria, Hans-Lukas Teuber (Contributor), Karl H. Pribram (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1962 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The neuropsychology of memory 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Основные проблемы нейролингвистики by Alexander R. Luria, А.Р. Лурия 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Лекции по общей психологии by Alexander R. Luria, А.Р. Лурия 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

tags: mind, neurology, psychology

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“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

tags: inspirational

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