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.

The late A. R.Luria was professor of Psychology, University of Moscow.

Read More by A. R. Luria:

• The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a Vast Memory
• Cognitive Development: Its Cultural and Social Foundations