Lev Alexandrovich Zasetsky (9 August 1920 – 9 September 1993) was a patient who was treated by Soviet neuropsychologist Alexander Luria. Zasetsky suffered a severe brain injury, losing his ability to read, write, and speak (retrieving desired words was particularly difficult), and suffering impaired vision, memory, and other functions.

Oct 9, 2015 · Along with countless casualties, thousands were left seriously injured including one 23-year old lieutenant named Lev Zasetky. Born in 1920 in the town of Kazanovka (now Kimovsk) in Russia's Tula region, Zasetsky completed his third year of courses at a polytechnic institute when war broke out in 1941.

Nov 30, 2024 · That was the life of Lev Zasetsky, a man who suffered a brain injury fighting in World War II. The 3,000-page diary Zasetsky kept following his injury became one of the most valuable,...

Nov 26, 2024 · (via Popular Science) Lev Zasetsky could have been an anonymous human data point in history’s largest conflict -- just another one of tens of millions of casualties in World War II, the treatment of which stretched deep into the Cold War. But his particular brain injury was so peculiar that he drew the interest of Alexander Luria, the Soviet ...

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.

Jan 1, 2001 · 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.

Lev Alexandrovich Zasetsky (9 August 1920 – 9 September 1993) was a patient who was treated by Soviet neuropsychologist Alexander Luria. Zasetsky suffered a severe brain injury, losing his ability to read, write, and speak (retrieving desired words was particularly difficult), and suffering impaired vision, memory, and other functions.

During World War II, a Russian soldier named Leva Zazetsky suffered a wound from a bullet that penetrated his skull and severely damaged his brain. For the rest of his life, he experienced the...

Lev Alexandrovich Zasetsky (9 August 1920 – 9 September 1993) was a patient who was treated by Soviet neuropsychologist Alexander Luria. Zasetsky suffered a severe brain injury, losing his ability to read, write, and speak (retrieving desired words was particularly difficult), and suffering impaired vision, memory, and other functions.

Lev Alexandrovich Zasetsky (9 August 1920 – 9 September 1993) was a patient who was treated by Soviet neuropsychologist Alexander Luria. Zasetsky suffered a severe brain injury, losing his ability to read, write, and speak (retrieving desired words was particularly difficult), and suffering...