PSYCHOLOGIST

Alexander Luria

1902 - 1977

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Alexander Romanovich Luria (; Russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Лу́рия, IPA: [ˈlurʲɪjə]; 16 July 1902 – 14 August 1977) was a Soviet neuropsychologist, often credited as a father of modern neuropsychology. He developed an extensive and original battery of neuropsychological tests during his clinical work with brain-injured victims of World War II, which are still used in various forms. He made an in-depth analysis of the functioning of various brain regions and integrative processes of the brain in general. Luria's magnum opus, Higher Cortical Functions in Man (1962), is a much-used psychological textbook which has been translated into many languages and which he supplemented with The Working Brain in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Luria is the 68th most popular psychologist (down from 55th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Russia (down from 257th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Psychologist.

Luria is most famous for his work in neuropsychology. He is considered one of the founders of cognitive psychology. He was a Russian-born psychologist who studied the effects of brain damage on the human mind.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Alexander Luria ranks 68 out of 235. Before him are Fritz Perls, Leon Festinger, William Stern, Raymond Moody, Philip Zimbardo, and Bruno Bettelheim. After him are Karl Bühler, Margaret Mahler, Karl Abraham, Otto Rank, Ernst Kretschmer, and Mary Ainsworth.

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Among people born in 1902, Alexander Luria ranks 44. Before him are Émile Benveniste, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Günther Anders, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, and Harold Lasswell. After him are Prince George, Duke of Kent, Max Ophüls, Felix Wankel, Ryuzo Shimizu, George Ostrogorsky, and Luis Barragán. Among people deceased in 1977, Alexander Luria ranks 33. Before him are Clarice Lispector, Bing Crosby, Andreas Baader, James Jones, Ali Shariati, and Henri-Georges Clouzot. After him are Peter Finch, Modibo Keïta, Steve Biko, Sergey Ilyushin, Groucho Marx, and Francis Gary Powers.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Luria ranks 312 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871), Andrei Grechko (1903), Simeon of Moscow (1316), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), and Pyotr Krasnov (1869). After him are Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586), and Alfred Schnittke (1934).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Russia

Among psychologists born in Russia, Alexander Luria ranks 2. Before him are Sabina Spielrein (1885). After him are Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917), Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), Victor Skumin (1948), Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903), Endel Tulving (1927), and Natalia Bekhtereva (1924).

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