Thinking in Cases, by John Forrester A study explores how individual instances shape universal truths across subjects, says Janet Sayers By Janet Sayers 2 February
Freud: In His Time and Ours, by Élisabeth Roudinesco Book of the week: New sources yield fresh insights and oversights by the father of psychoanalysis, says Janet Sayers By Janet Sayers 10 November
Lament, by Bettina von Zwehl and Josh Cohen Fragmented images and light and shadow haunt a study of grief and memory, says Janet Sayers By Janet Sayers 1 September
The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves, by Charles Fernyhough Janet Sayers on what inner speech can tell us about our brain processes By Janet Sayers 28 July
Localization and its Discontents: A Genealogy of Psychoanalysis and the Neuro Disciplines, by Katja Guenther Janet Sayers on an engaging work taking in Freud, Meynert and Penfield By Janet Sayers 10 March
Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind, by George Makari Janet Sayers on a study of the emergence of a new way of thinking about our inner world By Janet Sayers 29 October
The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life, by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski Janet Sayers is left nonplussed by a psychology text that raises more questions than answers By Janet Sayers 23 July