Introduction

These Academic / Comparison - Contrast chapters provide reference and comparison information pertaining to the theoretical components (Academic / Theory) of the ETM Tutorial. The approach used, with the noted exceptions, considers the major works on the particular subjects (as opposed to addressing individual source documents). These major works usually include substantial and detailed bibliographies; individual references are provided only where reference reflection is crucial for delineating a special issue.

Where identification of some references that support a particular researcher's thesis would make the reader's research efforts easier, I've included those references by using the term "quote." For example, a person may make a point that is important to this work and you may want to verify it; the verification is made simpler by having the original references. Hence, I'll say this person "quotes" a reference; you are then told where to find the related information.

Periodically an exception is made to this approach. For example, ETM theory related to the neurobiology of trauma's retention in memory is underpinned by the research information related to long-term potentiation. At the time of this writing there is no comparison work or other consolidation of this information as it pertains directly to our theory. Subsequently, I reviewed all of the source articles on this subject and included some of them in the bibliography.

The problem with this method is that the subject of long-term potentiation is an extraordinarily vast and still unfolding story. If it were addressed as thoroughly as I would otherwise like, then the subject of this book would truly become a different one. Thus, the research is summarized. It provides you with the source documents and they are listed in the bibliography so that you can evaluate the summary and conclusions. To compensate for this summary (as opposed to providing detailed analysis), the biological bibliographical chapters include reviews of the competing theories of the neurobiology of psychological trauma and biology of grief and loss (see Academic / Comparison - Contrast/ Biology/ Etiotropic and Nosotropic.