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What is “the unconscious,” and where is it located in the brain? A neuropsychoanalytic perspective
Author(s) -
Solms Mark
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.13437
Subject(s) - unconscious mind , perspective (graphical) , cognitive science , psychology , cognitive neuroscience , cognition , epistemology , psychoanalysis , neuroscience , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence
This is a brief overview of my “neuropsychoanalytic” perspective on the unconscious. It should make clear how much psychoanalysis has to gain from incorporating the findings of neuroscientific disciplines studying the same part of nature—the workings of the human mind. I hope it makes equally clear what useful new perspectives can be cast on current issues in cognitive neuroscience, if they, in turn, incorporate the findings of psychoanalysis.