The brain and the inner world : an introduction to the neuroscience of subjective experience

About this Book... The Brain and the Inner World is an eagerly-awaited account of a momentous revolution. Subjective mental states like consciousness, emotion, and dreaming were once confined to the realm of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the human sciences. These topics now assume center stage in leading neuroscientific laboratories around the world. This shift has produced an explosion of new insights into the natural laws that govern our inner life. By two pioneers in the field, The Brain and the Inner World guides us through the exciting new discoveries, showing how old psychodynamic concepts are being forged into a scientific framework for understanding subjective experience. It is not that the mind is reduced to neurobiology. Rather, thanks to neurobiology, we are free to believe in the power of the mind. The neurosciences will soon be able to argue with Plato, Descartes, James, Freud, and Lacan about the mysterious connections between emotions, experience, will, reason, and creativity. The Inner World Of The Mind (being A Mind And Living A Life) Was The Traditional Preserve Of Psychoanalysis And Related Disciplines. Neuroscientists Did Not Consider Subjective Mental States Like Consciousness, Emotion, And Dreaming, To Be Serious Topics For Brain Research. However, In Recent Years - Following The Demise Of Behaviorism, The Advent Of Functional Brain Imaging Technology, And The Emergence Of A Molecular Neurobiology - These Topics Have Suddenly Assumed Center Stage In Many Leading Neuroscientific Laboratories Around The World. Not Surprisingly, This Has Produced An Explosion Of New Insights Into The Natural Laws That Govern Our Inner Life.--jacket. Introduction To Basic Concepts -- Mind And Brain-how Do They Relate? -- Consciousness And The Unconscious -- Emotion And Motivation -- Memory And Phantasy -- Dreams And Hallucinations -- Genetic And Environmental Influences On Mental Development -- Words And Things: The Left And Right Cerebral Hemispheres -- The Self And The Neurobiology Of The Talking Cure -- The Future And Neuro-psychoanalysis. Mark Solms And Oliver Turnbull ; Foreword, Oliver Sacks. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 317-324) And Index. __The Brain and the Inner World__ is an eagerly-awaited account of a momentous revolution. Subjective mental states like consciousness, emotion, and dreaming were once confined to the realm of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the human sciences. These topics now assume center stage in leading neuroscientific laboratories around the world. This shift has produced an explosion of new insights into the natural laws that govern our inner life. By two pioneers in the field, __The Brain and the Inner World__ guides us through the exciting new discoveries, showing how old psychodynamic concepts are being forged into a scientific framework for understanding subjective experience. It is not that the mind is reduced to neurobiology. Rather, thanks to neurobiology, we are free to believe in the power of the mind. The neurosciences will soon be able to argue with Plato, Descartes, James, Freud, and Lacan about the mysterious connections between emotions, experience, will, reason, and creativity. "The "inner world" of the mind (being a mind and living a life) was the traditional preserve of psychoanalysis and related disciplines. Neuroscientists did not consider subjective mental states like consciousness, emotion, and dreaming, to be serious topics for brain research. However, in recent years - following the demise of behaviorism, the advent of functional brain imaging technology, and the emergence of a molecular neurobiology - these topics have suddenly assumed center stage in many leading neuroscientific laboratories around the world. Not surprisingly, this has produced an explosion of new insights into the natural laws that govern our inner life."--BOOK JACKET.