The Feeling Brain: Selected Papers on Neuropsychoanalysis (The Psychoanalytic Ideas Series) - Softcover

Solms, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782202722 ISBN 13: 9781782202721

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Neuropsychoanalysis is the fastest growing area within psychoanalysis, providing a bridge between 'classic' psychoanalysis and the neurological sciences. This book provides an accessible introduction to the field through a selection of papers by one of its leading figures. It includes papers on the theoretical and philosophical foundations of neuropsychoanalysis, scientific papers on the brain mechanisms of dreaming and consciousness, the application of neuropsychoanalysis in psychiatry and neurology, and clinical case studies.

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About the Author:

Mark Solms is a psychoanalyst and neuropsychologist. He is Professor in Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine, Director of the Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and Chair of the Research Committee of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He is President of the South African Psychoanalytical Association, Associate Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Honorary Member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society, and Member of the South African Clinical Neuropsychology Association and of the British Neuropsychological Society. He is a Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychoanalysts and of the American College of Psychiatrists. He has won many prestigious awards, including the Sigourney Award. He has authored a multitude of chapters, articles and books including The Neuropsychology of Dreams (1997), and was founding editor of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1782202722
• ISBN 13: 9781782202721
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240