
From the Couch to the Lab
Trends in Psychodynamic Neuroscience
Oxford University Press
1st Edition
Published on 17. May 2012
Book
Hardback
508 pages
978-0-19-960052-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 organised in five clear sections, Motivation; Emotion; Conscious and Unconscious Processes; Cognitive Control; and Development of the Self. With a range of chapters written by leading figures in their fields, it gives the reader a strong flavour of how much has already been achieved between the disciplines and how much more lies ahead. This important new book reveals the intrinsic challenges and tensions of this interdisciplinary endeavour and emphasises the need for a shared language and new emerging fields such as Psychodynamic Neuroscience.
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 organised in five clear sections, Motivation; Emotion; Conscious and Unconscious Processes; Cognitive Control; and Development of the Self. With a range of chapters written by leading figures in their fields, it gives the reader a strong flavour of how much has already been achieved between the disciplines and how much more lies ahead. This important new book reveals the intrinsic challenges and tensions of this interdisciplinary endeavour and emphasises the need for a shared language and new emerging fields such as Psychodynamic Neuroscience.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists, Neuroscientists, and Psychologists.
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1047 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-960052-6 (9780199600526)
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Donald Pfaff Martin A. Conway Aikaterini Fotopoulou
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Persons
Edited by Aikaterini Fotopoulou, Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK, Donald Pfaff, Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y., USA, and Martin A. Conway, Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
Contributors:
Professor Ariane Bazan, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Education, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Dr Lucy Biven, National Health Service, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Professor Jorge Canestri, Roma 3 University. Training and supervising analyst for the Italian and Argentine Psychoanalytical Associations, Italy
Dr Robin Cathard-Harris, Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Imperial college London, UK
Professor Martin A. Conway, Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, USA
Dr Helen E.Fisher. The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Professor Peter Fonagy, University College London, UK
Dr Aikaterini Fotopoulou, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Professor Karl Friston, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College, London, UK
Jim Hopkins, Department of Philosophy, King's College London, London, UK
Marc Jeannerod, Institut des Sciences Cognitives Lyon, France
Paul M. Jenkinson, School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Professor Michael Kopelman, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Professor Dr. Patrick Luyten, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium
Professor Georg Northoff, Royal Ottawa Healthcare Group, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Canada
Professor David A Oakley, University College London, UK
Dr David Olds, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, USA
Professor Dr. Lois Oppenheim, Montclair State University, USA
Professor Jaak Panksepp, Department of VCAPP, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, USA
Professor Donald Pfaff, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Amir Raz, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Psychology, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ellen Rees, The Columbia Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Professor Philippe Rochat, Emory University, USA
Professor Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Swiss Psychoanalytic Society, Switzerland
Michael Snodgrass, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School B1519 Rachel Upjohn Building 4250 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
Professor Mark Solms, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Professor Oliver Turnbull, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bangor, UK
Douglas F. Watt, Clinic for Cognitive Disorders, Quincy Medical Center, Quincy
Joanna B. Wolfson, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Department of Psychology, New Jersey, USA
Dr Margaret Zellner, Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Contributors:
Professor Ariane Bazan, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Education, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Dr Lucy Biven, National Health Service, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Professor Jorge Canestri, Roma 3 University. Training and supervising analyst for the Italian and Argentine Psychoanalytical Associations, Italy
Dr Robin Cathard-Harris, Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Imperial college London, UK
Professor Martin A. Conway, Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, USA
Dr Helen E.Fisher. The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Professor Peter Fonagy, University College London, UK
Dr Aikaterini Fotopoulou, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Professor Karl Friston, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College, London, UK
Jim Hopkins, Department of Philosophy, King's College London, London, UK
Marc Jeannerod, Institut des Sciences Cognitives Lyon, France
Paul M. Jenkinson, School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Professor Michael Kopelman, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Professor Dr. Patrick Luyten, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium
Professor Georg Northoff, Royal Ottawa Healthcare Group, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Canada
Professor David A Oakley, University College London, UK
Dr David Olds, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, USA
Professor Dr. Lois Oppenheim, Montclair State University, USA
Professor Jaak Panksepp, Department of VCAPP, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, USA
Professor Donald Pfaff, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Amir Raz, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Psychology, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ellen Rees, The Columbia Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Professor Philippe Rochat, Emory University, USA
Professor Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Swiss Psychoanalytic Society, Switzerland
Michael Snodgrass, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School B1519 Rachel Upjohn Building 4250 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
Professor Mark Solms, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Professor Oliver Turnbull, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bangor, UK
Douglas F. Watt, Clinic for Cognitive Disorders, Quincy Medical Center, Quincy
Joanna B. Wolfson, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Department of Psychology, New Jersey, USA
Dr Margaret Zellner, Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Editor
Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y., USA
Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Psychology Department, City University, London, UK
Content
INTRODUCTION; SECTION I: DRIVES AND MOTIVATION; SECTION II: EMOTION; SECTION III: CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS PROCESSES; SECTION IV: MECHANISMS OF COGNITIVE CONTROL; SECTION V: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF: EMBODIED AND SOCIAL COGNITION