A.R. Luria’s Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation

Abstract

Luria is one of the most influential authors in cognitive neuroscience, and in particular neuropsychology. New scientific achievements and clinical observations have significantly supported many of his suggestions and hypotheses. The article describes the basic concepts of neuropsychological evaluation and rehabilitation, associated with the method of syndrome analysis developed by Luria for diagnosis mental function and focus in the qualitative interpretation of the results neuropsychological diagnosis. Luria is regarded as a pioneer in cognitive rehabilitation. His ideas have maintained relevance and have continued to be developed and analyzed. Luria is presented as one of the major founders of contemporary neuropsychology from the fundamental point of view and the clinical perspective. His influence has continued significantly during the 21st century.

Functional Systems and Brain Functional Units Beyond Luria, With Luria: Anatomical Aspects

“…The concept of "neuropsychological factor" (Luria, 1973a) refers (1) to the neurological impairment of a local brain area (a local processor), and (2) to the associated psychological phenomena. See Mikadze, Ardila, and Akhutina (2018) for more information. In fact, the concept of neuropsychological factor couples aspects of cognitive functioning with brain anatomy (Mikadze, 2011).…”

“…In fact, the concept of neuropsychological factor couples aspects of cognitive functioning with brain anatomy (Mikadze, 2011). Thus, qualitative symptom analysis is considered crucial in order to establish a correspondence between symptoms and lesion localization (Mikadze et al, 2018). Beyond these considerations, it is possible to integrate and combine qualitative and quantitative assessment approaches (Glozman, 1999(Glozman, , 2018.…”

Residual and compensatory changes of resting‐state EEG in successful recovery after moderate TBI

“…For attention level assessment, five Schulte tables [30] 5×5 with randomly distributed numbers were presented one by one to subjects. The task was to find and show the digits from 1 to 25 in ascending order as soon as possible.…”

“…Hjorth complexity (HC) represents the change in frequency and indicates how the shape of a signal is similar to a pure sine wave [30]. This parameter was calculated for wideband 1.6– 30 Hz filtered signal in the following way: complexity [ y ( t ) ] = mobility [ d y ( t ) / d t ] mobility [ y ( t ) ] , where mobility [ y ( t ) ] = Var [ d y ( t ) / d t ] Var [ y ( t ) ] , y ( t ) – a signal, y ’( t ) – its derivative, and Var[ y ( t )] – the variance.…”

A Dialectical Rationale for Persistent Inadequate Response

“…This type of experiment may be more complex and require individual focus, but they are feasible and applicable to children with qualitatively similar characteristics—as evidenced by Akhutina and Pylaeva (). Indeed, cultural–historical researchers have replicated and generalized these techniques to situations that adapt for variation in EF for several decades (see Akhutina, ; Luria, , 1966; Mikadze, Ardila, & Akhutina, ; Vygotsky, ). When applied to RTI, this form of study incorporates the intervention and response, with response becoming a dynamic aspect of collaboration.…”