This work is an eagerly awaited account of this momentous and ongoing revolution, elaborated for the general reader by two pioneers of the field. The book takes the nonspecialist reader on a guided tour through the exciting new discoveries, pointing out along the way how old psychodynamic concepts are being forged into a new scientific framework for understanding subjective experience – in health and disease.

About this Book...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 pionee...

Drei Herren möchten wie jedes Jahr in einen kleinen Angelurlaub nach Uhlerborn aufbrechen. Die Reise gestaltet sich nicht einfach. Nicht nur, weil der Zug verspätet ist und auf offener Strecke liegen bleibt, sondern auch, da sich die Drei immer wieder in eine herrlich verwirrende und zugleich lustige sowie tiefgründige Diskussion verlieren. Eine interessante Reise wartet auf die drei Männer, die ihr Ziel nie aus den Augen verlieren.

In the past few decades, we have accumulated an impressive amount of knowledge regarding the neural basis of the mind. One of the most important sources of this knowledge has been the in-depth study of individuals with focal brain damage and other neurological disorders. This book offers a unique perspective, in that it uses a combination of neuropsychology and psychoanalytic knowledge from diverse schools (Freudian, Kleinian, Lacanian, Relational, etc.), to explore how damage to specific ...