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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811367503321

Autore

Levin Fred M.

Titolo

Mapping the mind : the intersection of psychoanalysis and neuroscience / / Fred M. Levin ; with a foreword by John E. Gedo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Karnac Books, 2003

London : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90183-6

0-429-47706-6

1-283-12590-0

9786613125903

1-84940-392-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GedoJohn E

Disciplina

150.195

153.4

Soggetti

Neuropsychology

Neuropsychiatry

Psychoanalysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1991 by The Analytic Press, Inc., Hillsdale, NJ."--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Metaphor, Affect, and Arousal: How Interpretation Might Work; 2. Psychoanalysis and the Two Cerebral Hemispheres; 3. Brain Plasticity, Learning, and Psychoanalysis: Some Mechanisms of Integration and Coordination Within the Central Nervous System; 4. The Prefrontal Cortex and Neural Control: The Brain's Systems for Judgment, Insight, and Selective Attention; 5. The Hierarchical Developmental Model: Neural Control Natural Language, and Recurrent Organization of the Brain; 6. Integrating Sleep and Dream Research

7. Psychoanalysis, Nonverbal Communication, and the Integration of Touch (Contiguity), Vision (Similarity), and Hearing (Sonority)8. The Transference Phenomenon : Possible Origin and Mechanisms; 9. Management of the Transference: A Clinical Case Study; 10. Psychological Development and the Changing Organization of the



Brain; 11. Some Notes on the Evolution of Language; 12. Overview; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This reissued classic text is a comprehensive guide to the basics that shows simply how things work. Each chapter begins with a precis to relate the contents to the wider context and the book ends with a summary and overview of what has gone before. This book provides a scientific base that aims to assist those who wish to pursue interdisciplinary work in the complex and endlessly fascinating area of the mind and brain."--Provided by publisher.