Brain and the Inner World: An Introduction to the Neuroscience of the Subjective Experience

Brain and the Inner World: An Introduction to the Neuroscience of the Subjective Experience

by Mark Solms
Brain and the Inner World: An Introduction to the Neuroscience of the Subjective Experience

Brain and the Inner World: An Introduction to the Neuroscience of the Subjective Experience

by Mark Solms

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Overview

The Brain and the Inner World is an eagerly-awaited account of a momentous revolution. Subjective mental states like consciousness, emotion, and dreaming were once confined to the realm of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the human sciences. These topics now assume center stage in leading neuroscientific laboratories around the world. This shift has produced an explosion of new insights into the natural laws that govern our inner life.

By two pioneers in the field, The Brain and the Inner World guides us through the exciting new discoveries, showing how old psychodynamic concepts are being forged into a scientific framework for understanding subjective experience.

It is not that the mind is reduced to neurobiology. Rather, thanks to neurobiology, we are free to believe in the power of the mind. The neurosciences will soon be able to argue with Plato, Descartes, James, Freud, and Lacan about the mysterious connections between emotions, experience, will, reason, and creativity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781590510179
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Publication date: 06/17/2003
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Mark Solms

Mark Solms is a neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst who has done pioneering re-search into brain mechanisms of dreaming. He is co-chair of the International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Society.

Oliver Turnbull

Oliver Turnbull is a Cambridge-trained neuropsychologist. He has published widely in neuroscientific journals, primarily on topics of visuo-spatial perception. He is Secretary of the International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Society.

Table of Contents

Forewordvii
Prefacexiii
Chapter 1Introduction to Basic Concepts1
Chapter 2Mind and Brain--How Do They Relate?45
Chapter 3Consciousness and the Unconscious79
Chapter 4Emotion and Motivation105
Chapter 5Memory and Phantasy139
Chapter 6Dreams and Hallucinations181
Chapter 7Genetic and Environmental Influences on Mental Development217
Chapter 8Words and Things: The Left and Right Cerebral Hemispheres239
Chapter 9The Self and the Neurobiology of the "Talking Cure"273
Chapter 10The Future and Neuro-Psychoanalysis291
References317
Index325
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