Brain and Mind: The Physiology of Thinking

Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857–1927) was the greatest Russian neurologist, a pioneer in a number of brain formations, symptoms, and syndromes in neurology and psychiatry. Academician Bekhterev wrote extraordinary scientific works. For some time they were inaccessible to the broad readership, while the original texts were supposedly kept only in the collections of central libraries—by order of Stalin, according to rumors.

Many modern researchers accuse Stalin of Bekhterev’s sudden and mysterious death. Today, however, we’re trying to restore justice by publishing the most interesting works of this scientific genius. You will learn many surprising stories about brain research, about curious experiments with consciousness, and you’ll get acquainted with the scientist’s observations on how a person’s thinking changes depending on external and internal circumstances of life.