From the couch to the lab : trends in neuropsychoanalysis / edited by Aikaterini Fotopoulou, Donald Pfaff, Martin A. Conway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fotopoulou, Aikaterini.

Pfaff, Donald W., 1939-

Conway, Martin A., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Neurobiology.

Physical Description:

x, 494 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Can the psychodynamics of the mind be correlated with neurodynamic processes in the brain? The book revisits this important question-one that scientists and psychoanalysts have been asking for more than a century.

Freud envisioned that the separation between the two approaches was just a temporary limitation that future scientific progress would overcome. Yet, only recently have scientific developments shown that he was right. Technological and methodological innovations in neuroscience allow unprecedented insight into the neurobiological basis of topics such as empathy, embodiment, and emotional conflict. As these domains have traditionally been the preserve of psychoanalysis and other fields within the humanities, rapprochement between disciplines seems more important than ever. Recent advances in neurodynamics and computational neuroscience also reveal richer and more dynamic brain-mind relations than those previously sketched by cognitive sciences. Are we therefore ready to correlate some neuroscientific concepts with psychoanalytic ones? Can the two disciplines share a common conceptual framework despite their different epistemological perspectives? The book brings together internationally renowned contributors from the fields of Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and Neuro-psychoanalysis to address these questions.

The volume is organized in five sections. Motivation; Emotion; Conscious and Unconscious Processes; Cognitive Control; and Development of the Self. The chapters are written by leading figures in neuroscience and psychoanalysis, including Jorge Canestri, Peter Fonagy, Karl Friston, Jim Hopkins, Marc Jeannerod, Michael Kopelman, Georg Northoff, David A. Oakley, Jaak Panksepp, Amir Raz, Philippe Rochat, Mark Solms, and Oliver Turnbull.

This important new book reveals the intrinsic challenges and tensions of this interdisciplinary endeavour and emphasizes the need for a shared language and new emerging fields such as Psychodynamic Neuroscience. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Background, ethos, and content / Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou Fotopoulou, Aikaterini (Katerina) 3

2 The history and progress of neuropsychoanalysis / Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou Fotopoulou, Aikaterini (Katerina) 12

3 Towards a psychodynamic neuroscience / Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou Fotopoulou, Aikaterini (Katerina) 25

Section I Drives and motivation

4 Freudian drive theory today / Mark Solms Solms, Mark, Margaret R. Zellner Zellner, Margaret R. 49

5 Generalized brain arousal mechanisms and other biological, environmental, and psychological mechanisms that contribute to libido / Donald W. Pfaff Pfaff, Donald W., Helen E. Fisher Fisher, Helen E. 64

6 Theoretical challenges in the conceptualization of motivation in neuroscience: Implications for the bridging of neuroscience and psychoanalysis / Douglas F. Watt Watt, Douglas F. 85

7 Drive and structure: Reconsidering drive theory within a formalized conception of mental processes / Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau Schmidt-Hellerau, Cordelia 109

Section II Emotion

8 Freudian affect theory today / Mark Solms Solms, Mark, Margaret R. Zellner Zellner, Margaret R. 133

9 A meditation on the affective neuroscientific view of human and animalian MindBrains / Jaak Panksepp Panksepp, Jaak, Lucy Biven Biven, Lucy 145

10 Emotions in the psychoanalytic theory / Jorge Canestri Canestri, Jorge 176

11 Emotion and delusion: Seeking common ground between neuroscience and the psychotherapies / Oliver H. Turnbull Turnbull, Oliver H., Victoria E. Lovett Lovett, Victoria E. 186

Section III Conscious and unconscious processes

12 The Freudian unconscious today / Mark Solms Solms, Mark, Margaret R. Zellner Zellner, Margaret R. 209

13 Free-energy and Freud: An update / Robin L. Carhart-Harris Carhart-Harris, Robin L., Karl J. Friston Friston, Karl J. 219

14 Psychoanalysis, representation, and neuroscience: The Freudian unconscious and the Bayesian brain / Jim Hopkins Hopkins, Jim 230

15 What is the unconscious? A novel taxonomy of psychoanalytic, psychological, neuroscientific, and philosophical concepts / Georg Northoff Northoff, Georg 266

16 The lexicographer's nightmare / Lois Oppenheim Oppenheim, Lois 282

17 Unconscious fantasy and schema: A comparison of concepts / Ellen Rees Rees, Ellen 293

Section IV Mechanisms of cognitive control

18 On unconscious inhibition: Instantiating repression in the brain / Ariane Bazan Bazan, Ariane, Michael Snodgrass Snodgrass, Michael 307

19 From dynamic to behavioural lesions: The relative merits and caveats of elucidating psychoanalysis with brain imaging / Amir Raz Raz, Amir, Joanna B. Wolfson Wolfson, Joanna B. 338

20 From Freud to neuroimaging: Hypnosis as a common thread / David A. Oakley Oakley, David A. 356

21 Great escapes: Psychological forms of amnesia / Federica Corno Corno, Federica, Michael D. Kopelman Kopelman, Michael D. 373

22 Memory and the self / Paul M. Jenkinson Jenkinson, Paul M., Martin A. Conway Conway, Martin A. 386

Section V The development of the self: embodied and social cognition

23 The multidimensional construct of mentalization and its relevance to understanding borderline personality disorder / Peter Fonagy Fonagy, Peter, Patrick Luyten Luyten, Patrick 405

24 Sense of 'sameness' as foundation of infants' embodied subjectivity and intersubjectivity / Philippe Rochat Rochat, Philippe 427

25 Identification: The concept and the phenomenon / David D. Olds Olds, David D. 439

26 The sense of agency in health and disease: The contribution of cognitive neuroscience in understanding self-consciousness / Marc Jeannerod Jeannerod, Marc 455.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199600526

019960052X

OCLC:

762988782