ABSTRACT
It was 1970, my first year as a graduate student at Ohio University. As an undergraduate student at the University of Scranton I had limited exposure to studying the effects of brain damage on behavior, and it soon became apparent at Ohio University that this facet of physiological psychology would captivate my interest for a long time. One of our required books in a seminar on the limbic system presented by my advisor, David Johnson, was Basic Readings in Neuropsychology (Isaacson, 1964). This book contained classic articles by Hartline, Kluver and Bucy, Papez, Bard and Mountcastle, Pribram and Kruger, and MacLean, as well as other original articles by notable researchers in neuropsychology. I have always had a deep appreciation for history and believe that the past provides us with significant insights for future endeavors. I was immediately attracted to the ideas and research of Robert L. Isaacson.
