Explorations Between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience: At the Edge of Mind and Brain (The Routledge Neuropsychoanalysis Series)

Explorations Between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience brings together the life's work of David Olds, pioneering psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, philosopher, and key figure in neuropsychoanalysis. Throughout the chapters, the reader is taken on a journey through Olds' theories on psychoanalysis and neuroscience as he develops new ways of examining the brain and human thought. Olds instills in the reader the importance of taking an interdisciplinary approach to psychoanalysis, psychiatry and working with patients. He expands upon his philosophical background and integrates evolutionary biology, neurobiology, cognitive science and semiotics to show the importance of dual aspect monism in neuropsychoanalysis. The theories developed by Olds and presented in this volume will help analysts working with patients facing issues with memory, affect, consciousness, cognition and trauma, among other difficulties. This book will be essential reading to psychoanalysts and psychiatrists, as well as anybody interested in neuropsychoanalysis and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to analytic thinking and practice. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures Dedication Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Stagnation in Psychotherapy and the Development of ActiveTechnique 2. The Behavioral Schema: An Integration of Modes of Learning 3. Brain Centered Psychology: A Semiotic Approach 4. Consciousness: A Brain-Centered, Informational Approach 5. The Physicality of the Sign 6. Connectionism and Psychoanalysis 7. Dialogue with Other Sciences: Opportunities for Mutual Gain 8. Consciousness: A Neuroscience Perspective 9. A Semiotic Model of Mind 10. Affect as a Sign System 11. Nonlinear Systems Theory and Psychoanalysis:: Symposium inHonor of Emmanuel Ghent 12. Identification: Psychoanalytic and Biological Perspectives 13. Interdisciplinary Studies and our Practice 14. Leap Carefully from Brain to Mind; But It Can Be Done:Commentary on Jeanine Vivona’s Paper: Leaping from Brain toMind: A Critique of Mirror Neuron Explanations of Countertransference 15. What if Freud Hadn’t? Commentary on Arnold Modell’s Paper:Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience, and the Unconscious Self 16. Thinking about Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Index