The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain, by Louis Cozolino. 2006. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 272 pp., $35.00 (HB).

It is not often that one picks up a book where the author illustrates points by using scientific data gathered through the use of the world's most sophisticated technologies, and experiences in a martial art founded on principles of harmonizing with energy fields. The discipline of psychology has developed over the decades into numerous branches (just see the list of divisions for the American Psychological Association), each of which has focused on exploring a topic deeply. The trade-off for this depth of knowledge or understanding, unfortunately, has often been a decided lack of cross-pollination from other branches. Louis Cozolino attempts to bring together two worlds, that of data-driven neuroscience and of subjective, introspective, relationship-oriented psychotherapy. And, whereas there are places where he may not be completely successful, it makes for a very interesting read.