1st Edition

Mapping the Mind The Intersection of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

By Fred M. Levin Copyright 2003
    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book makes detailed correlations between psychological/psychoanalytic variables, on one hand, and neuroanatomical/neurophysiological considerations on the other. It aims to assist those who wish to pursue interdisciplinary work in the endlessly fascinating area of the mind and brain.

      -- The Biology of Mind -- Preface -- Metaphor, Affect, and Arousal -- Psychoanalysis and the Two Cerebral Hemispheres -- Brain Plasticity, Learning, and Psychoanalysis -- The Prefrontal Cortex and Neural Control -- The Hierarchical Developmental Model -- Integrating Sleep and Dream Research -- Psychoanalysis, Nonverbal Communication, and the Integration of Touch (Contiguity), Vision (Similarity), and Hearing (Sonority) -- The Transference Phenomenon -- Management of the Transference -- Psychological Development and the Changing Organization of the Brain -- Some Notes on the Evolution of Language -- Overview

    Biography

    M. Levin, Fred