The Brain and the Inner World: An Introduction to the Neuroscience of Subjective Experience

For many years, psychoanalysis and neuroscience viewed each other with suspicion and prejudice: Psychoanalysts said that the human inner world was too complex and subtle to be reduced to scientific findings, while neuroscientists found psychoanalysts' theories unfounded and unscientific. According to the authors of The Brain and the Inner World, this hostility caused great harm to both disciplines, because after all, they were both fundamentally investigating the same thing - the human mind - and it would have been a much more constructive approach for them to join forces rather than criticize each other's weaknesses. As a matter of fact, this book is an introduction to the science of neuropsychoanalysis, which blends neuroscience and psychoanalysis and is therefore richer than both. This new approach is based on examining the functioning of the mind both "outside" with brain imaging devices and "inside" in the context of personal experiences and combining the findings.



Number of Pages: 304

Year of Printing: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

First Printing Year: 2013

Number of Pages: 304

Language Turkish