Alexander Luria

1902–1977, USSR

Medical psychologyCognitive psychology

Soviet neuropsychologist, founder of modern neuropsychology. Investigated higher brain functions and developed methods of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Books

  • The Man with a Shattered World (1972)

    Luria narrates a wounded soldier's struggle to reconstruct his perceptual and cognitive world, illustrating neuropsychology with profound humanity.