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The theory of higher mental functions is being developed not only in line with the problems of general psychology, but also in the study of issues of applied areas of modern psychological science.
Child and educational psychology
They use the concept of higher mental functions in the study of the patterns of development of mental processes in ontogenesis, the mechanisms of their control and formation.
Cultural-historical psychology
On the basis of ideas about the social conditionality of higher mental functions, he analyzes the differences in «cultural» processes depending on the living conditions and labor activity of people.
pathopsychology
Analysis of the features of cognitive impairment in various mental illnesses is based on the provisions on the mediation and systemic nature of the structure of higher mental functions.
Neuropsychology
The concept of higher mental functions is central in the analysis of the brain mechanisms of various disorders of mental processes in patients with local brain lesions — in diagnosing the lesion and determining the ways and means of restoring higher mental functions.