Reviews of Books

Reviews of Recent Books

The structure of this book is an interesting variant on familiar text-books of psychology. After a brief introductory chapter on the subject-matter and methods of the science, the student is plunged at once into the technical field of animal psychology. The author admits in his preface that this chapter is " the least well rounded and comprehensive "; and this is true. It is so because many of ...

Reviews of popular science books.

Do you read popular neuroscience? Do you think Oliver Sacks is spot on and use his books to engage students or do you reckon his patient reports are more like novels or science fiction? Are you taken by Antonio Damasio’s powerful arguments or do you think he did not get his philosophy exactly right? Do you enjoy the writings of William Calvin, Susan Greenfield, Vilayanur Ramachandran or do you ...

Reviews and Notices of Books

Reviews of Books the Architecture of Cognition

This book is basically the “final report” of John Anderson’s ACT (Adaptive Control of Thought) project, which involves nothing less than the creation of lra unitary theory of mind ” This is not the “final report” on ACT in the sense that Anderson will now stop working on it, but it is in the sense that Anderson considers the ACT theory to be in “final shape.” Thus, far from abandoning work on A...

Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials

Since a large fraction of statisticians use their trade by interacting with nonstatisticians working on applied problems, this book should have broad appeal. The authors have developed a diverse and readable book that tackles many aspects of consulting in good proportion. It describes the consulting process and common statistical methodologies, strategies of effective communication skills, and ...