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Alexander Luria
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Alexander Luria (1902 to 1977) was a Soviet psychologist who worked closely with Lev Vygotsky from the mid-1920s to co-found cultural-historical psychology, then went on, largely through his rehabilitation work with brain-injured soldiers after the Second World War, to found modern neuropsychology as its own field.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionCo-founded cultural-historical psychology with Lev Vygotsky, then founded modern neuropsychology through his testing and rehabilitation work with brain-injured patients. 1 Notable WorkThe Mind of a Mnemonist (1968) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Following Vygotsky and along with him, in the mid-1920s, Luria launched a project of developing a psychology of a radically new kind.
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