ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|16 pages

Metaphor, Affect, and Arousal

How Interpretations Might Work

chapter 3|40 pages

Brain Plasticity, Learning, and Psychoanalysis

Some Mechanisms of Integration and Coordination Within the Central Nervous System

chapter 4|22 pages

The Prefrontal Cortex and Neural Control

The Brain’s Systems for Judgment, Insight, and Selective Attention

chapter 5|16 pages

The Hierarchical Developmental Model

Neural Control, Natural Language, and the Recurrent Organization of the Brain

chapter 8|8 pages

The Transference Phenomenon

Possible Origin and Mechanisms

chapter 9|12 pages

Management of the Transference

A Clinical Case Study

chapter 12|6 pages

Overview