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

by SOLMS, MARK

• ISBN13: 9781590510353
• ISBN10: 1590510356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-17
• Publisher: Other Press

Summary

The Brain and the Inner Worldis 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 Worldguides 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.

Author Biography

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

Foreword	vii
Oliver Sacks
Preface	xiii
Introduction to Basic Concepts	1	(44)
Mind and Brain--How Do They Relate?	45	(34)
Consciousness and the Unconscious	79	(26)
Emotion and Motivation	105	(34)
Memory and Phantasy	139	(42)
Dreams and Hallucinations	181	(36)
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Mental Development	217	(22)
Words and Things: The Left and Right Cerebral Hemispheres	239	(34)
The Self and the Neurobiology of the ``Talking Cure''	273	(18)
The Future and Neuro-Psychoanalysis	291	(26)
References	317	(8)
Index	325