Abstract
A world-renowned scientist, Luria’s theories continue to excite experts more than 30 years beyond death. By the 1980s, following Luria’s death (August 14, 1977), a survey of neuropsychologists divulged that he was revered as “Number 1” amongst the ten founders of neuropsychology (Akhutina and Pylaeva, L. Vygotsky, A. Luria and developmental neuropsychology, 156–175, 2011). Our current conceptualization of the topography of the brain as well as localization of function was made possible by significant contributions from Alexander Luria. Luria preferred to focus on a complete functional system rather than an isolated function (Luria, The working brain: An introduction to neuropsychology (trans: Haigh, Basil). Penguin Books Ltd, London, 1973a, The working brain. Basic Books, New York, 1973b). A discovery that the brain structures responsible for cortical tone are actually housed in the subcortex and brain stem (i.e., the structures influence tone and are regulated by the structures) radically altered the trajectory of neuropsychology (Luria, The working brain: An introduction to neuropsychology (trans: Haigh, Basil). Penguin Books Ltd, London, 1973a, The working brain. Basic Books, New York, 1973b). Due to Luria’s influence, the field of neuropsychology has progressed rapidly in recent years.
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