Natalia Bekhtereva

Natalia Petrovna Bekhtereva[1] (Russian: Ната́лья Петро́вна Бе́хтерева, IPA: [ˈbʲextʲɪrʲɪvə]; July 7, 1924 – June 22, 2008) was a Soviet and Russian neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology, such as measuring the impulse activity of human neurons.

In the summer of 1941, more than 700 students entered the University but as a result of the Siege of Leningrad only 4 graduates survived, the rest having died from war and famine.

Her grandfather was Vladimir Bekhterev, the famous psychiatrist, neuropathologist, physiologist, psychologist and founder of reflexology.

Her father was Peter Bekhterev, an engineer and inventor and her mother was Zinaïda Bekhtereva, a doctor.

Her second husband was Ivan Kashtelyan, an economist, with whom she raised a stepson Alexander and a granddaughter Natalia Medvedeva, a psychiatrist.