Living within the cellular envelope: Subjectivity and self from an evolutionary neuropsychoanalytic perspective

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-341

  Brickman, Harry R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c New Center for Psychoanalysis   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN; EGO; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELF PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 54049146323     PISSN: 15460371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2008.36.2.317     Document Type: Review

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