Clinical Studies in Neuro-Psychoanalysis

Kaplan-Solms, Karen; Solms, Mark; Pfeffer, Arnold Z.

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“…The postulate of different memory systems mostly is based on ndings by the so-called neuroanatomic research method (e.g. the nding that patients with lesions in the hippocampus will lose their procedural memory, see Tulving, 1985;Damasio, 1999;Kaplan-Solms & Solms, 2000). But as we have discussed in the frame-of-reference focus box the conclusion that these ndings can be interpreted as a localisation of the different memory systems in a certain region of the brain might be too simplistic.…”

Section: Processes: a Preliminary Comparison Between The Current Biolmentioning

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“…By analogy, in the case of memory, the search for the underlying brain mechanisms is not so much in terms of trying to nd the memory structures, but by in uencing the mechanisms in various ways and systematically observing the changes in memory performance we can draw inferences about the potential processes that-in the interactions among each other and with the environment-might bring about the observed structures. Imaging techniques, combined with different experimental methods-behavioural, clinical-anatomical (see Kaplan-Solms & Solms, 2000), drug administration-can yield highly valuable pertinent insights, but they do not, in themselves, constitute these structures.…”

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Recollecting the Past in the Present: Memory in the Dialogue Between Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science

Leuzinger‐Bohleber

Pfeifer

Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

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Memory has always been a central issue in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Recent developments in the cognitive and neural sciences suggest that traditional notions of memory based on stored structures which are also often underlying psychoanalytic thinking cannot account for a number of fundamental phenomena and thus need to be revised. We suggest that memory be conceived as a) a theoretical construct explaining current behaviour by reference to events that have happened in the past. b) Memory is not to be conceived as stored structures but as a function of the whole organism, as a complex, dynamic, recategorising and interactive process, which is always ' embodied'. c) Memory always has a subjective and an objective side. The subjective side is given by the individual's history, the objective side by the neural patterns generated by the sensory motor interactions with the environment. This implies that both ' narrative' (subjective) and ' historical' (objective) truth have to be taken into account achieving stable psychic change as is illustrated by extensive clinical materials taken from a psychoanalysis with a psychogenic sterile borderline patient.

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Recollecting the Past in the Present: Memory in the Dialogue Between Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science

Leuzinger‐Bohleber

Pfeifer

Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

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“…This is a conundrum that philosophers have been (unsuccessfully, I feel) struggling with throughout history. In contemporary psychoanalysis, there is an attempt to bring the neurosciences to bear on this question (Kaplan- Solms & Solms, 2000;Levin, 2003;Oppenheim, 2005;Solms, 2013;Solms & Turnbull 2002).…”

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Where Words Trap the Mind: The Bewitchment of Psychotherapy

2018

Language and Psychoanalysis

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When psychotherapists reify the concepts they are using to describe human experiences, both therapist and patient are likely to end up with befuddled thinking, and become unable to grasp the lived experience of the emotional turmoil the patient is struggling with. In this context, proper use of language is of vital importance, and the first task of the psychotherapist is to think clearly about the words she uses. This essay attempts to clarify some of these issues, and to discuss their relevance to the practice of psychotherapy.

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“…Psychoanalysis and infant mental health research offer a large amount of knowledge about human development, pathology and interventions, which can partially be grounded in the findings of neuropsychoanalysis [1,2]. These findings connect to what Stierlin conceptualized as relational individuation, or co-individuation ("Bezogene Individuation": the principle that "the higher the level of individuation in a family member, family, or group is, the higher the level of personal relating becomes, and is required at the same time") [3], a concept that originally aimed at psychic identities of members of a family system.…”

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Challenges for Behavioral Neuroscience: Prenatal, Postnatal, and Social Factors

Egloff¹,

Djordjevic²

2019

Behavioral Neuroscience

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Behavioral medicine has neglected social aspects for a long time. In the pre-and postnatal context, these are especially important, as parental competencies in the relational objects of the infant may be compromised by both inner and outer factors, thus potentially compromising the infant's psychic development. The findings on pre-and postnatal stages of human development have shown that early psychosocial interventions can help out to some extent. Approaches for parents, which have mainly evolved from the findings of psychoanalysis and mother-infant research, must be augmented by a social perspective, just like postnatal concepts have been augmented by prenatal intervention approaches. The latter reach from how parents-to-be can be prepared for parenthood to how to support attachment and relation in infants, toddlers, and older children. Scientific behavioral reasoning, augmented by subjectivity-and objectivity-related concepts, provides a framework to work with, so that potential deprivation can be faced seriously. Intervention approaches focusing on bonding, on relational issues, and on educational practices are introduced, covering the most important time spans of psychic development from the mother-unborn period to the mother-infant period.

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Clinical Studies in Neuro-Psychoanalysis

Cited by 26 publications

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Recollecting the Past in the Present: Memory in the Dialogue Between Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science

Recollecting the Past in the Present: Memory in the Dialogue Between Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science

Where Words Trap the Mind: The Bewitchment of Psychotherapy

Challenges for Behavioral Neuroscience: Prenatal, Postnatal, and Social Factors

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