The Man With a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound - Brossura

Luria, A. R.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0674546253 ISBN 13: 9780674546257

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 1987

Riassunto

Russian psychologist A. R. Luria presents a compelling portrait of a man’s heroic struggle to regain his mental faculties. A soldier named Zasetsky, wounded in the head at the battle of Smolensk in 1943, suddenly found himself in a frightening world: he could recall his childhood but not his recent past; half his field of vision had been destroyed; he had great difficulty speaking, reading, and writing.

Much of the book consists of excerpts from Zasetsky’s own diaries. Laboriously, he records his memories in order to reestablish his past and to affirm his existence as an intelligent being. Luria’s comments and interpolations provide a valuable distillation of the theory and techniques that guided all of his research. His “digressions” are excellent brief introductions to the topic of brain structure and its relation to higher mental functions.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

Russian psychologist A. R. Luria presents a compelling portrait of a man's heroic struggle to regain his mental faculties. A soldier named Zasetsky, wounded in the head at the battle of Smolensk in 1943, suddenly found himself in a frightening world: he could recall his childhood but not his recent past; half his field of vision had been destroyed; he had great difficulty speaking, reading, and writing. Woven throughout his first-person account are interpolations by Luria himself, which serve as excellent brief introductions to the topic of brain structure and function.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0674546253
• ISBN 13: 9780674546257
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192