Classic Psychoanalytic Papers Seen Through the Lens of Neuroscience Register Now East Bay Ongoing Seminar in Neuropsychoanalysis with Maggie Zellner, PhD Fridays Jan. 8–June 3, 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM This seminar focuses on clinical applications of neuroscience, studying the emotional, memory, and cognitive systems of the brain in order to more deeply understand psychoanalytic…

Open Forum: Discussion of Mark Solms’ presentation on “Consciousness and the Unconscious”
December meeting of the Pfeffer Center
Mark Solms gave a remarkable presentation on Saturday, October 3 at the Pfeffer Center. His tour-de-force talk included a recap of the “conscious id” proposal, based on evidence that brainstem and subcortical circuits mediate the basic emotions, instincts, and drives — and that these circuits are also critical for consciousness. Solms then moved on to discuss the “cognitive unconscious,” and the ways in which…

No Pfeffer Center meeting in February
Next meeting on Saturday, March 5
There will be no meeting of the Pfeffer Center in February. Our next meetings are: March 5 Maggie Zellner, Ph.D., L.P. The Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation Integrating the “Global Workspace” with the “Conscious Id”: Developing a Neuropsychoanalytic Metapsychology with Implications for the Therapy Process April 2 Catherine Monk, M.D. Columbia University on the effects of…
Davide Tomatis on ‘Working in the moment: margin of success for coma patients in Minimally Conscious State’
London Neuropsychoanalysis Group
Abstract: Too often Minimally Conscious State (MCS) patients are not considered as treatable due to the difficulty in recognising and reading the essential minimal changes in a patient. Prof. Cecilia Morosini worked with patients in this condition and she would have agreed with Mark Solms’ paper “The conscious Id” (Solms, 2013) that the brain stem…

Reunión de Grupo de Estudio de Neuropsicoanálisis (Mexico City)
Mexico City Neuropsychoanalysis Group
El grupo de Neuropsicoanálisis de la Ciudad de México, tiene el gusto de informar que el próximo 28 de noviembre tendrá lugar su XXII reunión de grupo de estudio abierta. El objetivo de las reuniones, es poder revisar y discutir diversos temas correspondientes al diálogo entre las neurociencias y el psicoanálisis de forma grupal, llevando…