This important book, by the most distinguished Soviet psychologist of our time, is the product of almost forty years of extensive research aimed at understanding the cerebral basis of human psychological activity. The main part of the book describes what we know today about the individual systems that make up the human brain and about the role of the individual zones of the cerebral hemispheres in the task of providing the necessary conditions for higher forms of mental activity to take place. Finally, Luria analyzes the cerebral organization of perception and action, of attention and memory, or speech and intellectual processes, and attempts to fit the facts obtained by neuropsychological studies of individual brain systems into their appropriate place in the grand design of psychological science.
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A.R. Luria is professor of psychology at the University of Moscow. His books include Higher Cortical Functions in Man (1966), The Mind of a Mnemonist (1968), and The Man With a Shattered World (1972).
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The Working Brain is exellent reading for anyone studying neuroscience. It explains the actual mechanics of the brain and how it procceses stimuli. Not only the external, but also the internal enviorments as well.It provides clear and concise diagrams on what area of the brain does what. It has been a world of help to me! Thank you,
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If you have read other books by Luria you will find quite a bit of redundancy in The Working Brain but also more attention to the overall structure of cognition. Luria's attempt to show how cognitive systems work together is probably the book's greatest strength. Its weaknesses are, as mentioned above, the redundancy, even within the book itself, and its almost perfunctory tone; very frequently (nearly every page) Luria sketches some concept then refers the reader to some other publication for details or examples. As a result, the text is rather halting and may require some tenacity on the part of the reader. But on the whole it is worth the effort, especially for the student who is relatively new to the cognitive sciences.
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This book is a classic; a must read for neuropsychologists,
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This book is a classic. It is a must read for all neuropsychologists and neuroscientists. Luria clearly and effectively presents all the basic concepts of neuropsychology ranging from the general physiology of the reticular formation to the fundamental functional aspects of the language zones (e.g., Broca's area).
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mnestic activity, postcentral zones, local brain lesions, marked frontal syndrome, secondary occipital zones, massive frontal lobe lesions, mnestic processes, optimal cortical tone, optic agnosia, secondary cortical zones, pathological inertia, visual syntheses, premotor zones, tertiary cortical zones, deep brain lesions, three principal functional units, inert stereotypes, modal specificity, second brain system, prefrontal divisions, phonemic hearing, human conscious activity, prefrontal zones, concerted working, diminishing specificity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Part 2) by Pierre J. Vinken on 5 pages
- Higher Cortical Functions in Man, 2nd Edition by Aleksandr Romanovich Luria in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fundamentals of Language (Janua Linguarum. Series Minor) by Roman Jakobson in Back Matter
- Sensory Communication by Walter A. Rosenblith in Back Matter
- The Physiology of Nerve Cells by Professor John C. Eccles in Back Matter
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- Specific Learning Disabilities and Difficulties in Children and Adolescents: Psychological Assessment and Evaluation (Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) by Alan S. Kaufman on 5 pages
- Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul by Ariel Glucklich in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- School Neuropsychology: A Practitioner's Handbook by James B. Hale PhD on page 47, page 49, and page 50
- Alexander Romanovich Luria: A Scientific Biography (Plenum Series in Russian Neuropsychology) by Evgenia D. Homskaya in Front Matter, page 70, and page 71
- An Introduction to Cognitive Education: Theory and Applications by Adrian Ashman on page 68, and Back Matter
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