Muriel Lezak papers Public
Dr. Muriel Lezak was born Muriel Elaine Deutsch in Chicago, Illinois in 1927. She received her masters degree in Human Development from the University of Chicago in 1949, and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Portland in 1960. She began working at the Portland Veterans Administration Hospital in 1966. In 1976, she published Neuropsychological Assessment, which quicky became a critical text in the field of neuropsychology.
The Muriel Lezak papers span the years 1943 to 2018, and consist of drafts of publications, lecture notes, correspondence, research data, neurological assessment tools, records of Dr. Lezak’s professional service, case files, photographs, negatives, and ephemera. The collection documents Dr. Lezak’s work concerning brain damage, including the emotional and social impact on the patient, impacts on the family, experiences of brain damage in conjunction with other health conditions, brain damage associated with sports, and patient rehabilitation. The collection may also be of use to those interested in the field of forensic neuropsychology, as it includes records of Dr. Lezak’s work as an expert witness in legal cases.
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Lezak, Muriel Deutsch
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Lezak, Muriel Deutsch
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