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  • The Man with a Shattered World

    The History of a Brain Wound

    by A. R. Luria ...
    Translated by Lynn Solotaroff ...
    Russian psychologist A. R. Luria presents a compelling portrait of a man’s heroic struggle to regain his mental faculties. A soldier named Zasetsky, wounded in the head at the battle of Smolensk in 1943, suddenly found himself in a frightening world: he could recall his childhood but not his recent past; half his field of vision had been destroyed; he had great difficulty speaking, reading, and ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • The Mind of a Mnemonist

    A Little Book about a Vast Memory, With a New Foreword by Jerome S. Bruner

    by A. R. Luria ...
    Translated by Lynn Solotaroff ...
    This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon—a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Neuropsychological Analysis of Problem Solving

    by A.R. Luria, L.S. Tsvetkova ...
    For any of us, problem solving is a daily event. For some, it is a major task. This historical book puts to use neuropsychological methods to analyze the process of problem solving. Experience shows that the process is psychologically so complicated that standard methods established in pedagogy and psychology are insufficient to precisely determine individual factors hindering effective problem ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Studies on the History of Behavior

    Ape, Primitive, and Child

    by L.S. Vygotsky, A.R. Luria ...
    The surge of contemporary interest in Vygotsky's contribution to child psychology has focused largely on his developmental method and his claim that higher psychological functions in the individual emerge out of social processes, that is, his notion of the "zone of proximal development." Insufficient attention has been given to his claim that human social and psychological processes are shaped by ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • The Cultural Nature of Human Development

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