Consciousness is a hot topic now which, in itself, presents puzzles that look resolvable, and it also touches on most every other aspect of human behavior and just about all of brain function. Carter's book is addressed to the well-educated and curious general reader. It is richly and humorously illustrated in full color—a fun read as well as a comprehensive introduction to the issues. Dehaene's volume is a collection of some quite technical research papers which can provide reference material for fellow researchers and clinicians interested in the fine-tuned connections and interactions underlying various aspects of conscious behavior. Baars and colleagues have edited a ten section (e.g., III. Attention: Selecting one conscious stream among many; VI. Below the threshold of sensory consciousness; X. Theory), 73 chapter plus editorial introductions book in small print with contributions from renowned scientists such as George Mandler, Francis Crick, David Hubel, H.W. Magoun, Joseph Bogen, William Dement, Antonio Demasio, and Patricia Goldman-Rakic, unfortunately perhaps one of her last contributed chapters. This book lives up to its title as it appears to be a necessary resource for anyone studying any aspect of conscious behavior, and a valuable addition to the library of thoughtful clinicians.

Baars, B.J., Banks, M.P., & Newman, J.B. (Eds.). (2003). Essential sources in the scientific study of consciousness. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1192 pp., $60 (PB).

Carter, R. (2002). Exploring consciousness. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 319 pp., $34.95 (HC).

Dehaene, S. (Ed.). (2002). The cognitive neuroscience of consciousness. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press/Elsevier. 243 pp., $40 (PB).

Banich, M.T. & Mack, M. (Eds.). Mind, brain, and language: Multidisciplinary perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erbaum Assoc. 394 pp., $39.95 (PB).

Boniface, S. & Ziemann, U. (Eds.). (2003). Plasticity in the human nervous system: Investigations with transcranial magnetic stimulation. New York: Cambridge University Press. 361 pp., $95 (HC).

Ettinger, A.B. & Kanner, A.M. (Eds.). (2001). Psychiatric issues in epilepsy: A practical guide to diagnosis and treatment. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 400 pp., $110 (HC).

Fisch, G.S. (Ed.). (2003). Genetics and genomics of neurobehavioral disorders. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. 428 pp., $125 (HC).

Huttenlocher, P.R. (2002). Neural Plasticity: The effects of environment on the development of the cerebral cortex. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 274 pp., $52.50 (HC).

Karnath, H.O., Milner, D., & Vallar, G. (Eds.). (2002). The cognitive and neural bases of spatial neglect. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. $110 (HC).

Parker, R.S. (2001). Concussive brain trauma: Neurobehavioral impairment and maladaption. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 412 pp., $129.95, £86 (HC).

Uttal, W.R. (2001). The new phrenology: The limits of localizing cognitive processes in the brain. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 255 pp., $22 (PB).

Wasserstein, J., Wolf, L.E., & Lefever, F.F. (Eds.). (2001). Adult attention deficit disorder: Brain mechanisms and life outcomes. New York: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (v. 931). 409 pp., $90 (PB).

Zaidel, E. & Iacoboni, M. (Eds.). (2003). The parallel brain: The cognitive neuroscience of the corpus callosum. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 551 pp., $95 (HC).