Editor's Introduction

The year 2003 was dedicated to returning the journal to a proper state of health, and we are pleased to report that the journal is now firmly back on the appropriate publication schedule. This issue’s Target Article is a study of a small group of neurological patients who exhibit striking and strongly held false beliefs. The article is based on data collected several years ago in an analytic setting whose findings have been influential in neuro-psychoanalysis. The reinvestigation of these data, using a more quanti- tative format, opens a number of interesting questions. As usual, the article is followed by a set of detailed commentaries, representing a diverse range of opinions on the original data and the more recent reinvestigation. We also have four Original Articles covering a wide diversity of topics, including an investigation of personality change after frontal-lobe lesions. The Ongoing Discussions section contains several responses to articles that appeared in previous issues.

This issue’s Target Article is a study of a small group of neurological patients who exhibit striking and strongly held false beliefs. The article is based on data collected several years ago in an analytic setting whose findings have been influential in neuro-psychoanalysis. The reinvestigation of these data, using a more quanti- tative format, opens a number of interesting questions. As usual, the article is followed by a set of detailed commentaries, representing a diverse range of opinions on the original data and the more recent reinvestigation.

We also have four Original Articles covering a wide diversity of topics, including an investigation of personality change after frontal-lobe lesions.

The Ongoing Discussions section contains several responses to articles that appeared in previous issues.

This issue also contains two book reviews, includ- ing a review of Steven Pinker’s controversial and widely publicized book, The Blank Slate.

As always, the issue ends with the Research Digest