LEADER 04211nam 2200481 450 001 9910137238403321 005 20160615113158.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000506263 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00057692 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/57312 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000506263 100 $a20160615d2014 || | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPsychoanalytical neuroscience $eexploring psychoanalytic concepts with neuroscientific methods /$ftopic editors, Nikolai Axmacher, Henrik Kessler and Gerd T. Waldhauser 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2015 210 1$a[Lausanne, Switzerland] :$cFrontiers Media SA,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (178 pages) 225 0 $aFrontiers Research Topics,$x1664-8714 311 $a2-88919-377-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aSigmund Freud was a trained neuroanatomist and wrote his first psychoanalytical theory in neuroscientific terms. Throughout his life, he maintained the belief that at some distant day in the future, all psychoanalytic processes could be tied to a neural basis: ?We must recollect that all of our provisional ideas in psychology will presumably one day be based on an organic substructure? (Freud 1914, On Narcissism: An Introduction). Fundamental Freudian concepts reveal their foundation in the physiological science of his time, most importantly among them the concept of libidinous energy and the homeostatic ?principle of constancy?. However, the subsequent history of psychoanalysis and neuroscience was mainly characterized by mutual ignorance or even opposition; many scientists accused psychoanalytic viewpoints not to be scientifically testable, and many psychoanalysts claimed that their theories did not need empirical support outside of the therapeutic situation. On this historical background, it may appear surprising that the recent years have seen an increasing interest in re-connecting psychoanalysis and neuroscience in various ways: By studying psychodynamic consequences of brain lesions in neurological patients, by investigating how psychoanalytic therapy affects brain structure and function, or even by operationalizing psychoanalytic concepts in well-controlled experiments and exploring their neural correlates. These empirical studies are accompanied by theoretical work on the philosophical status of the ?neuropsychoanalytic? endeavour. In this volume, we attempt to provide a state-of-the-art overview of this new exciting field. All types of submissions are welcome, including research in patient populations, healthy human participants and animals, review articles on some empirical or theoretical aspect, and of course also critical accounts of the new field. Despite this welcome variability, we would like to suggest that all contributions attempt to address one (or both) of two main questions, which should motivate the connection between psychoanalysis and neuroscience and that in our opinion still remain exigent: First, from the neuroscientific side, why should researchers in the neurosciences address psychoanalytic ideas, and what is (or will be) the impact of this connection on current neuroscientific theories? Second, from the psychoanalytic side, why should psychoanalysts care about neuroscientific studies, and (how) can current psychoanalytical theory and practice benefit from their results? Of course, contributors are free to provide a critical viewpoint on these two questions as well. 606 $aNeurosciences 610 $aNeuroscience 610 $aNeuropsychoanalysis 610 $apsychodynamic psychotherapy 610 $apsychoanalysis 610 $aneuroimaging 615 0$aNeurosciences. 676 $a612.8/233 700 $aHenrik Kessler$4auth$01370850 702 $aAxmacher$b Nikolai 702 $aKessler$b Henrik 702 $aWaldhauser$b Gerd T. 801 0$bWaSeSS 801 1$bWaSeSS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910137238403321 996 $aPsychoanalytical neuroscience$93399053 997 $aUNINA