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Suggested Readings

Crick, F. (1994). The astonishing hypothesis. New York: Simon and Schuster. A Nobel laureate’s discussion of the implications of scientific reductionism in neuroscience.

Klawans, H. L. (1990). Newton’s madness: Further tales of clinical neurology. New York: Harper & Row. A fascinating and informative collection of case studies of patients with neurological disorders. It offers personal accounts of twenty-two individuals with detailed descriptions of diagnosis and treatment.

Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (1996). Fundamentals of human neuropsychology (4th ed.). New York: Freeman. An excellent account of research on the human brain, including much information on brain disorders, recently updated. A true reference volume.

Pinel, John P. J. (1996). Biopsychology (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. One of the very best introductions to neuroscience available to students of psychology. Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written.

Sacks, O. (1995). An anthropologist on Mars. New York: Knopf. The most recent book that gives case studies of some fascinating brain disorders. The author is a practicing neurologist and a master storyteller. In the movie Awakenings, based on a true series of events in his early career, Sacks was played by Robin Williams.

Springer, S. P., & Deutsch, G. (1993). Left brain, right brain (4th ed.). San Francisco: Freeman. A very interesting discussion of 100 years of research into the hemispheric differences in humans and other animals. The authors present findings on asymmetries in brain-damaged, split-brain, and normal subjects, and explore the implications for human behavior. In addition to discussions of mind-brain relationships, the authors discuss popular left brain/right brain programs in business management and creativity seminars.

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