Mind-brain and consciousness in psychoanalysis.
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic January 1, 2008 DOI: 10.1521/bumc.2008.72.4.283 (opens in new tab) via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThe essay examines current neuroscientific views on how the brain generates conscious experience, aiming to bridge psychoanalytic and neuroscientific approaches to the mind-brain relationship. It discusses levels of consciousness, differences between waking and dream consciousness, and self-organization in split-brain studies. The author offers tentative suggestions for clinical implications of this perspective.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key finding | Argues that understanding the neural origins of consciousness is essential for integrating psychoanalytic and neuroscientific approaches to the mind-brain relation. |
Abstract
Understanding how the brain produces conscious mentation is vital to the prospective integration of psychoanalytic and neuroscientific study of the mind-brain relation. This essay explores some of the current opinions, based on recent neuroscientific research, regarding origins of consciousness in the brain. Areas explored include levels of consciousness, waking versus dream consciousness, and issues of consciousness and self-organization in split-brain studies. Some tentative suggestions are made regarding clinical implications of this perspective.