The intersubjective and cooperative origins of consciousness: An evolutionary-developmental approach

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-314

  Cortina, Mauricio ^a,b,d   Liotti, Giovanni ^c  

^a Washington School of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis   (United States)

^c School of Cognitive Psychotherapy   (Italy)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; COOPERATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SYMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 77953603775     PISSN: 15460371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2010.38.2.291     Document Type: Article

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