On the Frontiers of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
Essays in Honor of Eric R. Kandel
Edited by Edith Laufer
Foreword by Mark Solms
Afterword by Joseph LeDoux
e-book
Building crucial bridges between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences, this compelling volume brings together prominent authorities from multiple disciplines. The volume highlights the contributions of Eric R. Kandel, whose seminal articles helped launch the fledgling field of neuropsychoanalysis. Contributors address what contemporary neuroscientific research reveals about how psychoanalytic techniques work and why they are effective. Also examined are ways in which psychoanalysis can contribute to scientific explorations of the mind. Each chapter is followed by a thoughtful response. This material was originally published as a special issue of
The Psychoanalytic Review (Vol. 99, No. 4, 2012), editor, Alan J. Barnett, PhD.
Table of Contents
Correspondence between Eric R. Kandel and the Editor
Foreword, Mark Solms
Preface, Edith Laufer
PAPERS AND RESPONSES
Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and the Unconscious Self, Arnold H. Modell
Response, David Olds
A Contribution Toward a Science of Psychoanalysis, Howard Shevrin
Response, Arnold H. Modell
Biological Underpinnings of the Cognitive Model of Depression: A Prototype for Psychoanalytic Research, Aaron T. Beck, Emily A. P. Haigh and Kari F. Baber
Response, Margaret R. Zellner
How Memory Works, Including Some Comments on the Implicit Memory (Cerebellum/Basal Ganglia) System: The Highest-Level Discriminative System of Mind/Brain, Fred M. Levin
Response, Alan J. Barnett
Towards a Materialist Metapsychology: Major Operating Principles of the Brain Provide a Blueprint for a Fundamentally Psychodynamic Infrastructure, Margaret R. Zellner
Response, Howard Shevrin
COMMENT
Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis: A Natural Alliance, Antonio Damasio
Afterword, Joseph LeDoux
About the Editor
Edith Laufer, PhD, is a board member and training analyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP). She is Director of the Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center of NPAP and is in private practice in New York City.
Contributors
Kari F. Baber, PhD, is on the clinical faculty at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and is Assistant Professor at Jefferson Medical College.
Alan J. Barnett, PhD, is a member of the faculty and a training and supervising analyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP).
Aaron T. Beck, MD, is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD, is University Professor; David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Neurology; and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California.
Emily A. P. Haigh, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at the Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.
Edith Laufer, PhD, is a board member and training analyst at NPAP and Director of the Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center of NPAP.
Joseph LeDoux, PhD, is Professor of Neural Science at New York University and Director of the Emotional Brain Institute involving NYU and the Nathan Kline Institute.
Fred M. Levin, MD, is Associate Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Arnold H. Modell, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
David Olds, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Howard Shevrin, PhD, is Professor Emeritus (Active) of Psychology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Michigan.
Margaret R. Zellner, PhD, LP, is a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice in New York.
Audience
Practitioners and trainees in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy; researchers in neuroscience, clinical psychology, and psychiatry.