scholarly journals Disorders of Higher Mental Functions and Their Effect on the Limitation of Self-Care and Life-Sustaining Activity in Patients with Consequences of Stroke

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
N.G. Ermakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Self Care ◽  
Mental Functions ◽  
Higher Mental Functions

A.R. Luria’s cultural neuropsychology in the 21st century

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-286
Author(s):  
Bella Kotik-Friedgut ◽  
Alfredo Ardila
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Mental Functions ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
Cognitive Neurosciences ◽  
Higher Mental Functions

Luria has long been one of the most influential authors in cognitive neurosciences, in particular in neuropsychology. New scientific advances and clinical observations have confirmed many of his proposals and hypotheses. In this paper one of his major ideas is analyzed: the influence of cultural factors on human cognition. The systemic-dynamic Lurian analysis of brain activity is based on Vygotsky's concept of higher mental functions, which are social in origin and complex and dynamic in their structure. Higher mental functions are based on a complex system of operations and means both external and internal. Living conditions and hence cultural characteristics have dramatically changed during the last half century with the development of new media and new virtual ways of communication. Review of contemporary developments supporting the appropriateness and usefulness of these concepts is presented. It is finally concluded that Luria is one of the major founders of contemporary neuropsychology not only from the clinical point of view, but also from the cultural perspective. His influence has continued undiminished during the 21st century.

scholarly journals Cerebral localization of the mind and higher functions The beginnings

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliasz Engelhardt
Keyword(s):  
Nervous Tissue ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Mental Functions ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Cerebral Localization ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Higher Mental Functions ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Brain

Abstract The debates about the mind and its higher functions, and attempts to locate them in the body, have represented a subject of interest of innumerable sages since ancient times. The doubt concerning the part of the body that housed these functions, the heart (cardiocentric doctrine) or the brain (cephalocentric doctrine), drove the search. The Egyptians, millennia ago, held a cardiocentric view. A very long time later, ancient Greek scholars took up the theme anew, but remained undecided between the heart and the brain, a controversy that lasted for centuries. The cephalocentric view prevailed, and a new inquiry ensued about the location of these functions within the brain, the ventricles or the nervous tissue, which also continued for centuries. The latter localization, although initially inaccurate, gained traction. However, it represented only a beginning, as further studies in the centuries that followed revealed more precise definitions and localizations of the higher mental functions.

scholarly journals Higher mental functions and time perception in internet-addicted teenagers

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
А.V. Katasonova ◽  
S.V. Perkovsky ◽  
N.A. Kravtsova
Keyword(s):  
Time Perception ◽  
Mental Functions ◽  
Higher Mental Functions
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