Written with penetrating clarity for the layman an argument for mind is a valuable resource for anyone interested in developmental psychology and neuroscience read more 16 people found this helpful helpful report abuse psychschematics. An argument for mind in this elegantly written book jerome kagan melds the history of the field of psychology during the past 50 years with the story of his own research efforts of the same period and an analysis of what he terms the currently rocky romance between psychology and biology. An argument for mind written with penetrating clarity for the layman an argument for mind is a valuable resource for anyone interested in developmental psychology and neuroscience read more 17 people found this helpful an. In this elegantly written book jerome kagan melds the history of the field of psychology during the past 50 years with the story of his own research efforts of the same period and an analysis of what he terms the currently rocky romance between psychology and biology as kagan. Embedded in kagans discussions is a rejection of the current notion that a mature neuroscience will eventually replace psychology he argues that a complete understanding of brain is not synonymous with a full explanation of mind and he concludes with a brief prediction of the next five decades in the field of psychology