This book was good but only very basic in what i needed. I needed things on retention time and only got about a paragraph.

very disappointing.

Loftus's book is an excellent source for any memory and law questions that may arise. It is also extremely interesting for those who are new to the field. She talks all about mistaken identification due to eyewitness identification evidence. She is most definetly THE LEADING EXPERT in the field.

Among other available books about video games, the most important and unique contribution of this book is the attempt to discuss the video game phenomenon from a psychological perspective. For example, the theory of partial reinforcement is used to explain why people are hooked and addicted to the various video games. The author ascribed the cause to the rewarding but unpredictable feedback of a game, which gives the players a feeling of "almost getting there" and the victory is likely to be "right around the corner". This leads to the highest motivation and quitting the games becomes difficult. This book as a whole starts with similar arguments and explanations like this, which is interesting and illuminating. But, the latter half of the book is a bit irrelevant and disappointing, especially the last chapter about basic concepts of computer such as what are memory, input / output and CPU. This should no longer be able to interest the readers of today. Though it is understandable that there are actually not many serious researches and findings done about video games, the author seems to include this part in order to have enough to make up a book. Altogether, this book is a summary of psychological theories related to video games, and I think this book is a good background reading for studying video games.

This book is attractive given the current public skeptism towards memories of ritual abuse. But would we be so quick to challenge a woman who was coming to us for help and telling us about a rape? Would we be as skeptical of a war veteran telling us about the tragedies he witnessed? Perhaps, if it challenged our own sense of security in the world.

Repressed memories are more difficult to ascertain their accuracy by both the person who had the memory as well as by an outsider that hears about it. But not all ritual abuse memories are repressed and then recovered. And simply because the topic is uncomfortable, we shouldn't make an already victimized person feel more alienated. If the memories were repressed, then the role of the therapist should not be to align with a skeptical society, but to play the role a therapist should always play -- to support the well-being and growth of their patient without their own agenda. This means focusing on their client, not themselves. It is unfortunate when people have authority based on their profession and they publish books that teach philosophies that alienate their clients.

Although the book is well written and obviously well researched, this does not override the fact that the author(s) is very negative towards the memories of SRA victims, and encourages therapists to consider the majority of SRA memories as "imaginary" or "enhanced". Sad reflection on psychological counselling for victims.

Ross (a psychiatrist) argues well on the treatment and diagnosis of MPD, but many of his other arguments are flawed. In his section on the history of cults and secret societies (upon which tries to base his argument that multi-level,"orthodox" satansim exists) he relies on a small number of books which themselves are highly debatable, and extrememely unscholarly. Most of them are the usual run-of-the-mill conspiracy theories involving how the Masons are trying to take over the world by subliminally inserting satanic ideas into children's movies. Thus the conclusions he reaches about the "evidence" for ritual abuse (other than recovered memories) contains flaws and immense logical leaps. Since his background is psychology we might forgive him for this, but he definitely should have performed more thorough research before writing his book.