Alexander Luria

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Alexander Romanovich Luria (1902-1977) is a Russian neurologist and psychologist. He has been cited by Solsa and colleagues as the most frequenly cited Russian psychology scholar in the North American continent. Luria proposed the brain as a functional system, in which different areas act together to result in behavior. His work in the neuropsychology field has been extremely influential; one of the more important topics in his work is his stance on localization and the cerebral organization of mental function. Tupper adds, "...Luria's neurolinguistic interests and aphasia classification, his drug and cognitive approaches to rehabilitation of individuals after brain injury, his discussions of breakdowns in regulatory activity associated with frontal lobe damage, and his qualitiative approach to assessment are all major areas of Luria's work" (Tupper 1999).

See also: Luria-Nebraska Battery