Customer Review: This book is a really great introduction to the functional systems of the brain. It also goes into the results of lesions on the different parts. Although written in 1973 it is still relevant today.
Customer Review: This book is a case history of a man with an extraordinary memory. The man, S., came to the attention of Luria, a clinical neurologist, after being referred to his institute by an employer to have his memory tested and documented. Luria performed a number of standard memory tests with S., and was... more info
Customer Review: This book is an in-depth case study of one of Luria's patients, a soldier named Zasetsky who suffered a massive head injury in World War II. Much of the text of the book is comprised of Zasetsky's personal journal entries as he tries to make sense of what has happened to him, and document his... more info
Customer Review: In this 2005 book, the life of Alexander Romanovich Luria is composed through various attempts to understand and preserve that life. With the additional sections of this book (prologue, epilogue, DVD) that enhance his original autobiography, the reader comes away with the notion that it often takes... more info
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