1st Edition
The theory of A.r. Luria Functions of Spoken Language in the Development of Higher Mental Processes
By Donna R. Vocate
Copyright 1987
212 Pages
by
Psychology Press
208 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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First published in 1986. This study contains an examination of Alexander Luria's translated research of over half a century on language and human psychological processes. Alexander Romanovich Luria began his career prior to the Russian Revolution, while still an enthusiastic teenager, imbued with the ideals of Russian activist humanism and burning with a desire to apply science to the improvement... Read more
Chapter 1 Theoretical Foundations; Chapter 2 Verbal Regulation of Behavior; Chapter 3 Consciousness; Chapter 4 Memory; Chapter 5 Cognitive Development; Chapter 6 Functional Organization of Brain/Brain Lesions; Chapter 7 Neurolinguistics; Chapter 8 Functional Relationships Between Higher Mental Processes and Spoken Language;
Biography
Donna R. Vocate University of Colorado, Boulder
"...an exceedingly thorough exposition of Luria's work over more than half a century, gleaned from an amazing range of sources."
—Michael Cole
Editor, Soviet Psychology
