The 'Id' knows more than the 'ego' admits: Neuropsychoanalytic and primal consciousness perspectives on the interface between affective and cognitive neuroscience

Brain Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-175

  Solms, Mark ^a   Panksepp, Jaak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective consciousness; Brain evolution; Cognitive consciousness; Emotions; Mind evolution; Neuropsychoanalysis; Perception

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; DOPAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO; EMOTION; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; INTROSPECTION; MEMORY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THERMODYNAMICS; THINKING;

EID: 84863525166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2020147     Document Type: Review

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