I read this book about 30-Dec-2004. This is the first time I've read this book. The book is copyright 1985. This note was last modified Friday, 07-Jan-2005 00:12:18 PST.
Copyrights of individual articles range from 1970 to 1985.
Popularized discussions of interesting neurological cases. Usually due to trauma or disease, people lose the most amazing abilities; things you wouldn't expect to be so neatly packaged.
The book suffers somewhat from indifferent editing; the presentation level differs considerably from article. And often he doesn't explain stuff in enough detail for my skeptical side; there's so much credulous bullshit about the mind out there, even from professionals.
Still, fascinating clinical experiences. Among other things, there appears to be a fair amount of support for the old theory that we remember everything we ever experience perfectly -- at some level.