Hi!

I'm a student of psychology in Austria and I want to write my thesis about Freuds concept(s) of the unconscious and the empirical research that has been done in cognitive psychology/neuroscience. One part of it will be eg the research in neuropsychoanalysis. I'm mostly interested in the more complex functions of emotion, motivation, volition, defense mechanisms etc of the unconscious and less in eg working memory, perception. I'd like to find as much books, articles etc as possible which is hard as we have almost no books concerning the topic at our university, I have to order everything from other universities. So I'd I would be very thankful for any hints to relevant weblinks, books, articles etc. which would be useful for my topic.

Markus

Dear Markus

When you say neuropsychoanalysis would this be the same as NPL or NLP? Neuropsycholinguistcs and the archetypes are addresses as part of the field of Semiotics in many threads including one under that heading here. If that is where you are headed I would love to see what you find on Silberer's first efforts that Jung followed up upon.

Hi Robert!

Neuropsychoanalysis has nothing to do with NLP! It studies persons with brain lesions, who are being observed in a traditional psychoanalytical setting, where the working and processes of the id/unconscious gets visible to the analyst. As the psychological structure of the person gets altered or distorted through the lesion and we can assume that this psychological structure is a representation of the neuronal structure, we can then analyze the psychological structure of this person with the methods of neuroscience and get a kind of anatomy of the id. As an example there is research going on with anosognosis patients, who seem to use the psychoanalytic defense mechanism of denial.
But additionaly I'd like to have a look at other methods in analyzing the functions and anatomy of the id as this kind of research is very young. Traditional research in cognitive psychology has focused on non-complex functions of the unconscious, so it's not easy to find.

Markus

Dear Markus

There are many words you are using that I would like to gain clarification of.

Neuropsychoanalysis has nothing to do with NLP! It studies persons with brain lesions, who are being observed in a traditional psychoanalytical setting {Is this the Freudian approach?}, where the working and processes of the id/unconscious gets visible {Visible as in according to the model proposed by Freudians?} to the analyst. As the psychological structure of the person gets altered or distorted through the lesion and we can assume {A very dangerous projection potential exists in said 'assumptions.} that this psychological structure is a representation of the neuronal structure {By reference or direct inference to the model?}, we can then analyze the psychological structure {With the fixations borne of Freud's neurosis and afflictions?} of this person with the methods of neuroscience and get a kind of anatomy of the id. As an example there is research going on with anosognosis patients, who seem to use the psychoanalytic defense mechanism of denial. {Like Frued did in his projections of sexual foibles upon everything he observed?}
But additionaly I'd like to have a look at other methods in analyzing the functions and anatomy of the id {Try the archetypes that I sugggest which come from the acknowledged Father of Modern Psychoanalysis - Jung who was following another student of Freud named Silberer.} as this kind of research is very young {I recall they worked with people with tumors and other afflictions.}. Traditional research in cognitive psychology has focused on non-complex {Really? - Says who? Are you referring to the recent fad sometimes called Narrative?} functions of the unconscious, so it's not easy to find. {With any certainty beyond the projections of things Freudians do in their Art Therapy and simplistic analysis of the imagery.}

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