The principles of plasticity in Lurian neuropsychologyстатья
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Аннотация:This paper demonstrates the ways in which the problem of plasticity was formulated in Luria’s theory of the systemic dynamiclocalization of higher mental functions. Luria’s neuropsychological theory is based on the principle of the cultural and historicalconditionality of mental functions and the principle of the systemic functional organization of mental functions in the brain. Asearly as the mid-20th century, this theory set up a series of regularities that govern plasticity. In the neuropsychological context,one needs to consider plasticity from two interconnected perspectives. The first perspective builds on the plasticity of the brainand its capacity for reorganization (i.e., structural changes). The second perspective builds on the plasticity of cognitive processes(i.e., changes in the structure of mental functions). Notably, this interconnectedness appears during ontogenesis (i.e., during thedevelopment of mental functions) or in cases of brain lesion. According to Luria’s theory, the development of mental functionsoccurs during postnatal ontogenesis, and the particularities of structures associated with these functions are influenced by culturaland historical conditions. Environmental conditions define structural changes in the functioning of the brain while the brainadjusts to these conditions. In cases of brain lesions, the destruction of an established system of interrelations among differentbrain areas occurs. Emerging structural changes in the brain are factors that need to be considered when compensating formental function defects. This suggests the necessity to artificially condition to the environment where compensation procedurestake place (i.e., adjusting for the capacities of the brain). http://www.psycneuro.org/index.php/path/article/view/381