DISORDERS OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE. 2001. Seventh edition. Edited by George Karpati, David Hilton-Jones and Robert C. Griggs. Published by Cambridge University Press. 775 pages. C$346.00 approx.

George Ainslie ( 2001 ) Breakdown * of * Will . Cambridge : Cambridge University

* Breakdown* of*Will is presented as a model of decision making that is based on two interrelated phenomena, “hyperbolic discounting” and “intertemporal bargaining”. These are interesting phenomena, and I would have enjoyed reading about them in a theoretical review paper, but they did not make for a good book about decision making. The phenomena are not actually linked together into a coherent...

Edited by DALE PURVES GEORGE J . AUGUSTINE DAVID FITZPATRICK WILLIAM C . HALL ANTHONY - SAMUEL

Dr Robert George (Rob) Jones FRCPsych

Neuroimaging Genetics Edited by Bigos et al. Oxford University Press

Over the last two decades, the association of genetic variation and brain function has received considerable attention. It is well established that most psychiatric and neurological diseases have a substantial genetic contribution. Therefore, investigating the influences of genotypes on brain structure and function should lead to a better understanding of the neurobiology of physiological brain...

Cambridge University Press 0521846552- Self-Organisation and Evolution of Social Systems Edited by Charlotte K. Hemelrijk Excerpt

This book contains a collection of studies of social behaviour that are mainly biologically oriented and are carried out from the perspective of emergent effects and of self-organisation. It brings together papers that show emergent aspects of social behaviour through interaction with the environment in the entire range of organisms (from single-celled organisms via slugs, insects, fish and pri...