The real unconscious: Psychoanalysis as a theory of consciousness

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 865-890

  Opatow, Barry ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU Psychoanalytic Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONSCIOUSNESS; FANTASY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORY; TRANSFERENCE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0030728560     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651970450030601     Document Type: Review

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