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How to cite this book review: How to cite this book review: Huchzermeyer K.D.A., 2013, 'Book review: Ziekten van vissen, schaal-, en schelpdieren, van belang voor de Nederlandse aquacultuur'84(1), Art. #1016, 1 page.http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v84i1.1016.

The phenomenon of contrast has been studied from two quite separate perspectives, one derived from the classic studies of incentive contrast such as Crespi (1942) and the other from the study of behavioral contrast within behavior analysis. This book reviews both of these types of contrast effects and finds both differences and similarities between them. Still at issue is the validity of the in...

With the recent publication of the human genome sequence, biology and medicine have entered an extra-ordinary era. This accomplishment has raised hope that the complexity of a living organism, including its perplexing behavior and various disease states, is tractable. In this issue, our book reviews focus on current books that discuss the build up to this monumental event in science, the import...

The reception of the book by my five distinguished colleagues was generally positive, for which I am grateful. There was, however, very little reference, positive or negative, to the specific contents of the book. The commentaries were not in any detailed sense "book reviews," nor, perhaps, were they meant to be. It was more that the commentators, each having done some work on rewardschedule ef...