History of Neurosciences in France and Russia: From Charcot and Sechenov to IBRO

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Content Authors Introduction Nineteenth-century studies Jean-Claude Dupont • The evolution of physiological psychology in Russia at the time of Sechenov in the international context François Clarac • Claude Bernard (1813-1878), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and their relations with Russia Alla A. Vein • Neurology as an independent discipline – from Paris to Moscow Nataliya Fedunina • The role of Salpêtrière and Nancy in French-Russian scientific relations in the domain of hypnotism and suggestion (end of the nineteenth-century – beginning of the twentieth-century) Twentieth-century studies Jean-Claude Lecas • Towards a conceptual history of the conditional reflex: brief overview Marat Ioffe and Jean Massion • The emergence of instrumental learning concepts in Europe: the role of Konorski Isabelle Gouarné • Anti-taylorism and Philosovietism: the political and intellectual itinerary of psychotechnician J.-M. Lahy (1872-1943) Irina Sirotkina • The art and science of movement in France and Russia Elena Biryukova • Movement mechanics as a key for understanding nervous control: a historical retrospective Jean-Gaël Barbara • French neurophysiology between East and West: Polemics on Pavlovian heritage and the reception of cybernetics in the USSR Céline Cherici • Scientific circulations between East and West in the Cold War period: The International Moscow colloquium (1958) Present perspectives and personal accounts Alexander Frolov • The physiological basis of 3-D external space perception: the approach of Henri Poincaré Gantcho Gantchev • A short historical review of the motor control studies in Bulgaria, including international collaborations in the divided world (1960-1996) Pierre Buser, Jean-Gaël Barbara, Boleslav Lichterman, François Clarac • The International Brain Research Organization from its conception to adulthood Index Name index Subject index