The Brain and Conscious Unity

Freud's Omega

Petr Bob (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

133 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4939-4557-3 (ISBN)

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In this provocative text, a noted neuroscientist reexamines Freud's posthumously published Project of Scientific Psychology in the light of modern neuroscience. This expanded "thermodynamics of the mind" model includes robust conceptions of the cellular and neural processes that accompany creation of consciousness and memory, their contributions to such conditions as depression, dissociative disorders, and schizophrenia, and implications for practice, from imaging to talk-based therapies to pharmacotherapy. Central to this construct is Freud's proposal of specific "omega" neurons as the most volatile carriers of consciousness between mind and brain, which is applied to current issues regarding complexity and executive functioning. In addition, the book is extensively referenced, allowing readers to investigate these and related phenomena in greater detail.

Among the topics covered:

Neural reductionism in Freud's "Project" and neuropsychoanalysis.

Thermodynamics and brain self-organization.
Conflicting information and the dissociated mind.
The Cartesian model of the mind and the binding problem.
Neuroendocrine and immune response to stress.
The concept of omega neurons and modern chaos theory.

Rigorous, challenging, and occasionally startling, The Brain and Conscious Unity is a milestone in the neuroscience and mind/brain literature to be read and discussed by psychiatrists, psychologists, and neuropsychologists.

Petr Bob, Ph.D. is a researcher in psychology and neuroscience at the Center for Neuropsychiatric Research of Traumatic Stress in the Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, Prague. He is the author of two recently published books Brain, Mind and Consciousness: Advances in Neuroscience Research (Springer, 2011) and Brain and Dissociated Mind (Nova Science, 2009) and has published numerous articles in prominent medical and neuroscience journals.

Psychodynamics as ‘Thermodynamics’ of Mind.- Mind in Conflict and Unity.- Consciousness and Neural Unity.- Stress, Conflict and the Brain.- Freud’s Ωmega and Self-reference.

Erscheinungsdatum	31.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, color; 12 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 133 p. 13 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
Schlagworte	Brain and conscious unity • Cartesian model of the mind • Dissociated consciousness • Disturbed consciousness • Freudian psychodynamic theory • psychoanalytic theory
ISBN-10	1-4939-4557-2 / 1493945572
ISBN-13	978-1-4939-4557-3 / 9781493945573
Zustand	Neuware