Neurodynamics of Personality
1st Edition
Published on 14. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
436 pages
978-1-57230-747-6 (ISBN)
Description
How is each individual's unique personality formed? What is it about personality that can change, and why is change often so slow? Promising approaches to these perennial questions are suggested by the explosion of recent research in neuroscience and brain functioning. This timely volume presents a coherent, empirically based, and clinically useful framework for understanding personality. Jim Grigsby and David Stevens illuminate links between the organization of the brain and the unfolding of personality, and show how different aspects of personality are mediated by the brain's nonconscious learning and memory systems. Providing new insights for clinicians, students, and researchers, this book builds a critical bridge between existing psychological theories of personality and emerging knowledge in clinical neuroscience.
Reviews / Votes
'An engaging, highly readable introduction to some of the fundamental issues involved in applying research and thinking in the cognitive neurosciences to the clinical understanding of personality.' - Drew Westen'The inclusion of ... complex topics should not deter the general mental health professional from reading this fascinating book. Readers who are interested in personality development or neuroscience will find that - Neurodynamics of Personality provides an informative overview as well as a thought-provoking synthesis.'
'This book portrays a coherent view of personality that makes impressive use of contemporary knowledge from the cognitive neurosciences as well as the authors' clinical experiences in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Clinicians will have an adventurous read and are likely to find useful connections with their work.' - Robert N. Emde
'A valuable contribution, especially for those psychiatrists who wish to gain a detailed and comprehensive knowledge of the neurobiological functioning of the mind and are interested in the development of a scientific foundation for psychiatry.' - American Journal of Psychiatry
'Faculty who teach courses in the psychology of personality are sure to find meaningful ways to integrate this amazing study into their courses. Highly recommended for researchers/faculty and for clinicians.' - Choice
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
634 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57230-747-6 (9781572307476)
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Additional editions
Jim Grigsby | David Stevens
Neurodynamics of Personality
Book
06/2000
1st Edition
Guilford Publications
€93.03
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Persons
Jim Grigsby, PhD, is a research scientist at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he is Associate Professor of Medicine. David Stevens, PhD, is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a practicing psychoanalyst.
Content
Introduction. Overview. Natural Selection and Adaptation. Learning and Synaptic Plasticity. Modularity of Brain and Psychological Functioning. Modularity of Memory. Dynamics. Neurodynamics: Neurons and Neural Networks. Normal and Pathological Dynamics. The Physiological State and the Biology of Emotion and Motivation. The Dynamics of Temperament. Monkey Business: On the Nature of Cognition in Nonhuman Primates. Conscious and Nonconscious Functioning. Modularity, Dynamics, and Functional Systems. Regulation of Behavior. Development, Stability, and Change of Character. Biology of the Self. General Principles of Change.