^A As with any clinical experiment, interpretation of lesion studies needs to be tempered by an understanding of logical implications. Damage to the hippocampus leads to problems in the Morris Water Maze, but it is not true that problems in the Morris Water Maze imply damage to the hippocampus.

^B Great fiction can be tremendously informative. But, as with any scientific paper, one has to engage the work in a dialogue and face the observations with a critical mind.