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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Cognitive psychology -- 1. The man who couldn't forget: the story of Solomon Shereshevsky (`S') -- 2. The man who lived for the present: the story of H.M. (Henry Gustav Molaison) -- 3. The man who was disappointed with what he saw: the story of S.B. -- 4. Kim Peek: the real Rain Man -- 5. Holly Ramona and the nature of memory -- pt. 2 Social psychology -- 6. The girl who cried murder: the story of Catherine `Kitty' Genovese -- 7. Jonestown and the dangers of obedience -- 8. The end of the world is nigh: the case of Dorothy Martin -- pt. 3 Developmental psychology -- 9. Innocence lost: the story of Genie -- 10. The boy who was never a girl: the story of David Reimer -- 11. The `Wild boy of Aveyron': the story of Victor -- 12. Two little boys: the story of Little Albert and Little Peter -- pt. 4 Individual differences -- 13. The boy who needed to play: the story of Dibs -- 14. The man who was turned on by prams and handbags -- 15. Freud's analysis of phobia in a young boy: the story of Little Hans -- 16. The Three Faces of Eve: the story of Chris Sizemore -- 17. The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: a story of OCD -- pt. 5 Physiological psychology -- 18. The men who didn't sleep: the story of Peter Tripp and Randy Gardner -- 19. The man who lived with a hole in his head: the story of Phineas Gage -- 20. The man with no brain? -- 21. Charles Decker: Natural born killer?: the case of the `crocodile man' -- pt. 6 Comparative psychology -- 22. Talking to the animals: Washoe and Roger Fouts.