Natalia Bekhtereva

Natalia Bekhtereva
Bekhtereva's grave
Native name Наталья Петровна Бехтерева
Born 7 July 1924
Died 22 June 2008 (2008-06-23) (aged 83)
Alma mater First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg

Natalia Petrovna Bekhtereva (Russian: Наталья Петровна Бехтерева; 7 July 1924 – 22 June 2008) was a Russian neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology, such as measuring the impulse activity of human neurons. Member of a documentary film "The Call of the Abyss" (Russian: Зов бездны) and "Storm of consciousness" (Russian: Штурм сознания), which aroused wide public resonance.

Vladimir Bekhterev's granddaughter, she was orphaned after her father's execution during the Great Purge of 1938. in 1959 became Doctor of Medicine. She survived the Siege of Leningrad and rose to become Director of the Soviet Institute for Experimental Medicine, which she administrated between 1970 and 1990. She worked as editor-in-chief of the academic journals "Human Physiology" (1975-1987) and "International Journal of Psychophysiology" (1984-1994). She was the founder of the Institute for Human Brain, operating under the auspices of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, of which she was elected a member in 1981.

She was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1984 and the USSR State Prize for 1985. In 1972 she was also awarded the Wiener Medal in Cybernetics by the American Society for Cybernetics.

Publications

Bekhtereva published more than 360 works, some of them in English, including:

  • 1962. Biopotentials of cerebral hemispheres in brain tumors.
  • 1978. Neurophysiological aspects of human mental activity.
  • 1981. Psychophysiology today and tomorrow. (editor).

Documentary films with her participation

  • "Зов бездны"[1] ("The Call of the Abyss"); (in Russian)
  • "Штурм сознания" Громкое дело[2] ("Storm of consciousness" High-profile case). (in Russian)

See also

References

  • "Наталья Бехтерева — какой мы её знали {сборник эссе, очерков}", под общей редакцией С. В. Медведева, г. Москва, издательство "АСТ", г. Санкт-Петербург, Сова, 2009 г. – 256 с.: иллюстрации; 16 с. ISBN 978-5-17-060803-4 (in Russian)

Notes

  1. ↑ "fіlm documentary "The Call of the Abyss" ("Зов бездны", документальный фильм, 2009)" (in Russian).
  2. ↑ "fіlm documentary "Storm of consciousness" ("Громкое дело. Штурм сознания", документальный фильм, 2009)" (in Russian).
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