Nell, Victor

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NELL, Victor

NELL, Victor. Also writes as Leopold Samuelson. South African (born Zimbabwe), b. 1935. Genres: Psychology. Career: University of South Africa, Pretoria, instructor, beginning in 1977, associate professor of psychology, 1989-94, professor, 1994-, director of health psychology unit, 1986-. South African Clinical Neuropsychology Association, founding president, 1984-88. Publications: Lost in a Book: The Psychology of Reading for Pleasure, Yale University Press, 1988; Cross-cultural Neuropsychological Assessment, 1999. Address: Institute for Social Sciences, University of South Africa, PO Box 392, Pretoria 0001, Republic of South Africa.

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