Reviews

New Books

The Neuropsychology of Emotion by Joan Borod
Summarizes recent research in the neurochemistry of emotion with
regard to head injury and other neurological traumas.

Anxiety, Depression, and Emotion by Richard Davidson
Proceedings of the First Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion; focuses on
emotion and psychopathology.

An Odd Kind of Fame: Stories of Phineas Gage by Malcolm Macmillan
Starting with Gage, neuropsychology has remained preoccupied with
the function of the frontal lobes for 150 years.

Cortical Functions by John D. Stirling
Inexpensive review of neuropsychology: clinical descriptions and
case studies of agnosia, aphasia and the split brain syndrome,

Genetics and the Electroencephalogram by Friedrich Vogel
Discusses EEG variants and EEG correlates of psychological anomalies

Exiting Nirvana: My Daughter's Life with Autism by Clara Claiborne Park
A mother tries to understand her autistic daughter's perceptions of
the world. Well reviewed.

Asperger Syndrome by Ami Klin, Fred R. Volkmar, Sara S. Sparrow
Behavioral aspects, genetics, neurobiology, diagnosis, assessment,
and treatment of this unusual social disorder. 

Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs : A Research Perspective
by John Jung
Review of recreational drugs in our culture, with emphasis on
alcohol and individual differences.

Relapse and Recovery in Addictions by Frank M. Tims, Carl G. Leukefeld, Jerome J. Platt
Leading experts in the field of addictions report on key aspects of
addictive disorders as they relate to relapse and the long-term
course of addiction.

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