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Soviet neuropsychologist Aleksandr Romanovich Luria with patients in the 1960s.
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A.R. Luria

Soviet neuropsychologist
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Born:
July 3, 1902, Kazan, Russia
Died:
1977 (aged 74)

A.R. Luria (born July 3, 1902, Kazan, Russia—died 1977) was a Soviet neuropsychologist. After earning degrees in psychology, education, and medicine, he became a professor of psychology at Moscow State University and later head of its department of neuropsychology. Influenced by his former teacher L.S. Vygotsky, he studied language disorders and the role of speech in mental development and intellectual disability. During World War II, Luria made advances in brain surgery and in the restoration of brain functions after trauma. He also developed theories concerning the functioning of the frontal lobe and the existence of zones of brain cells working in concert. His books include Higher Cortical Functions in Man (1966), The Working Brain (1973), and Basic Problems of Neurolinguistics (1976).

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