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Book Review Robert Stelmack (Ed.): On the Psychobiology of Personality: Essays in Honor of Marvin Zuckerman, Elsevier, 2004, pp. xvii + 533, ISBN-0-08-044209-9 This book covers the broad range of research in personality and highlights the contribution of Marvin Zuckerman to the progress made in this field. It is organized into five sections. The chapters in the first section provide a thorough framework for understanding the psychobiology of personality by introducing relevant concepts and issues. The second section is devoted to the identification and structure of personality factors, their heritability and stability across the life span. The third section demonstrates the influence of individual differences in personality in a broad range of social and anti-social behaviour and their roles in the development of personality disorders, substance abuse and certain psychopathological conditions. The chapters in the fourth section explore the biological bases of personality with psychophysiological (including imaging) and biochemical studies. The fifth and final section consists of the epilogue from the editor and an autobiography of Marvin Zuckerman both of which are very enjoyable and informative. The authors of most of the chapters are prominent researchers, who have summarized their research focussing on specific personality traits, such as neuroticism, extraversion, impulsivity and sensation seeking. The assembly of this work into one purposeful, coherent and topical volume is very useful, even to those who follow these research programmes. To conclude, this book is a good foundation and an excellent overview to bring students and researchers of personality up to speed (as of 2004) on psychobiology of personality. It should at- tract additional research talent to this field. It has certainly inspired me to embark upon a few functional magnetic resonance imaging studies to find the neural connection between impulsive- ness and anti-social behaviour. Veena Kumari Department of Psychology Institute of Psychiatry De Crespigny Park London, UK SE5 8AF Tel.: +44 207 848 0233; fax: +44 207 708 3497 E-mail address: v:kumari@iop:kcl:ac:uk Available online 12 April 2005 doi:10.1016/j.paid.2005.03.001 www.elsevier.com/locate/paid Personality and Individual Differences 39 (2005) 849

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Page 1: Robert Stelmack,Editors, ,On the Psychobiology of Personality: Essays in Honor of Marvin Zuckerman (2004) Elsevier 0-08-044209-9 xvii+533

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Personality and Individual Differences 39 (2005) 849

Book Review

Robert Stelmack (Ed.): On the Psychobiology of Personality: Essays in Honor of MarvinZuckerman, Elsevier, 2004, pp. xvii + 533, ISBN-0-08-044209-9

This book covers the broad range of research in personality and highlights the contribution ofMarvin Zuckerman to the progress made in this field. It is organized into five sections. The chap-ters in the first section provide a thorough framework for understanding the psychobiology of per-sonality by introducing relevant concepts and issues. The second section is devoted to theidentification and structure of personality factors, their heritability and stability across the lifespan. The third section demonstrates the influence of individual differences in personality in abroad range of social and anti-social behaviour and their roles in the development of personalitydisorders, substance abuse and certain psychopathological conditions. The chapters in the fourthsection explore the biological bases of personality with psychophysiological (including imaging)and biochemical studies. The fifth and final section consists of the epilogue from the editor andan autobiography of Marvin Zuckerman both of which are very enjoyable and informative.

The authors of most of the chapters are prominent researchers, who have summarized their re-search focussing on specific personality traits, such as neuroticism, extraversion, impulsivity andsensation seeking. The assembly of this work into one purposeful, coherent and topical volume isvery useful, even to those who follow these research programmes.

To conclude, this book is a good foundation and an excellent overview to bring students andresearchers of personality up to speed (as of 2004) on psychobiology of personality. It should at-tract additional research talent to this field. It has certainly inspired me to embark upon a fewfunctional magnetic resonance imaging studies to find the neural connection between impulsive-ness and anti-social behaviour.

Veena KumariDepartment of Psychology

Institute of PsychiatryDe Crespigny Park

London, UK SE5 8AF

Tel.: +44 207 848 0233; fax: +44 207 708 3497E-mail address: v:kumari@iop:kcl:ac:uk

Available online 12 April 2005

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2005.03.001

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