Neuropsychoanalysis - Bridging psychoanalysis and the neurosciences
Psychogenic amnesia: Syndromes, outcome and patterns of retrograde amnesia Abstract: Psychogenic amnesia – also known (in the books) as ‘dissociative amnesia’, and in some quarters as ‘functional amnesia’ – can be ‘global’, encompassing the whole of a person’s life and sometimes the sense of personal identity, or ‘situation-specific’, as in PTSD or (sometimes) the victims…
The Feeling Mind and Lived Experience: Clinical Transformations in Psychoanalysis – Interdisciplinary Perspectives – We are pleased to announce our plenary presenters: Mark Solms, PhD, FIPA from Cape Town, South Africa and Maxine Anderson, MD, FIPA from Seattle, Washington, USA. Mark Solms is the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur…
Grupo de Neuropsicoanálisis de la Ciudad de México Reunión de grupo de estudio Las reuniones de grupo de estudio se llevan a cabo una vez al mes en las instalaciones de la Universidad Intercontinental. Las sesiones no tienen costo, todos son bienvenidos. Contamos con transmisión via Skype y Google Hangouts. El número de…
‘Narrative Thinking’ Martin A. Conway, Shazia Akhtar, Lucy V. Justice, & Catherine Loveday Abstract: Narrative thinking takes place in the brain’s default network. Previously referred to as daydreaming or mind wandering, the central proposal of narrative thinking is that thought sequences, correlated with default network activation, are more structured, purposeful, and directed than previously thought. Narrative…
What neuropsychoanalytic thoughts were you thinking this summer? Come to the Pfeffer Center this Saturday and engage in an open discussion with colleagues about the ideas you’ve been exploring. Were you pondering consciousness, or the unconscious? Bayesian theory or embodied cognition, affective touch or meditation? Object relations or neuroplasticity? Or something completely different?Maybe you…