Higher Cortical Functions of Man
(
Serie Masters of psychology
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This monograph is the main work by A.P.Luriya on neuropsychology, a scientific discipline related to psychology, medicine (neurology and neurosurgery) and physiology. It deals with the foundations of neuropsychology; traces its historical continuity as a science of cerebral bases of psychic setup; defines the basic neuropsychological notions (mental function, syndrome, symptom, factor, etc.); gives a new interpretation of higher mental functions as the units of neuropsychological analysis of consequences after local cerebral affections; formulates the theory of systemic and dynamic localization of higher mental functions, as well as describes the neuropsychological research techniques.
