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By W. Ritchie Russell. Pp 140. Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Sq, London, 1959, reprinted 1961.

R. P. Mackay, Reviewer

Arch Neurol. 1963;9(1):103-104.

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In this little book, Russell attempts in 14 short chapters a summary of the physiology of neurones, the organization of the central nervous system and the phenomena of human memory, learning, and character, as viewed by a neurologist. This summary is generally unexceptionable, although elementary. Here there is nothing new; this is not a contribution to, but rather a personal consideration of the great problem of the physiology of behavior.

For the author, memory is in large degree the "ability to repeat," achieved perhaps by structural changes induced by neural activity—such as altered distances between nerve fibers and between dentritic gemmuli. There is considerable clinical description of the effects of cerebral injury on memory, intellect, and personality, a subject to which the author has contributed much for many years. In dealing with learning and character he emphasizes the emotional factors and adduces the phenomena of temporal lobe epilepsy as evidence . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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