Saturday at the Arnold Pfeffer, Center for Neuropsychoanalysis, of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
287 East 82nd Street, New York City, May 6, 2017, 10 a.m. – noon
Remembering Jaak Panksepp
– an Open Discussion on Affective Neuroscience and Neuropsychoanalysis
We have been very sad at the passing of our dear Jaak Panksepp last month. At the next meeting of the Pfeffer Center, we will hold an open discussion to share reflections on how affective neuroscience impacted our thinking and/or clinical work, as well as personal remembrances of Jaak.
Many of us experienced first-hand his tremendous intellectual generosity, always being receptive to queries from all perspectives, and his supportive responses to students and young researchers and clinicians. We also have integrated many of the central concepts of his work into the emerging foundations of neuropsychoanalysis.
Join us Saturday for a facilitated open-forum discussion on Jaak and his work.
Newcomers to Jaak’s work may check out
these representative readings:
Panksepp, J. (2016). The cross-mammalian neurophenomenology of primal emotional affects: From animal feelings to human therapeutics. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 524(8).
Panksepp, J. and Solms, M. (2012). The “Id” Knows More than the “Ego” Admits: Neuropsychoanalytic and Primal Consciousness Perspectives on the Interface Between Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience. Brain Sci. 2012, 2(2), 147-175; doi:10.3390/brainsci2020147
Free and open to the public.
No CMEs are offered for this meeting.
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The 18th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress
London: July 13-15, 2017
(Educational Day, July 13)
COMPULSION TO PREDICT:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF AND ITS DISORDERS
Speakers include
Anne Alvarez
Ron Britton
Mark Edwards
Peter Fonagy
Aikaterini Fotopoulou
Karl Friston
Sarah Garfinkel
Sid Kouider
Chris Mathys
Eamon McCrory
Susan Mizen
Leo Schilbach
Mark Solms
Manos Tsakiris
Yoram Yovell
Maggie Zellner
Plus a memorial session for Jaak Panksepp
The 18th annual congress of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society brings together leading neuroscientists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists and philosophers to discuss implications of the insight that our psychological past predicts our future. Recent neuroscientific models have turned the traditional picture of cognition on its head: our brains are not passive, stimulus-driven organs that construct complex percepts from current sensory inputs. Instead, the brain is an active prediction machine, using previous experiences to anticipate and shape our current and future states in the world.
What are the implications of this insight for psychoanalysis, psychiatry and psychology? Psychotherapists have always emphasized the importance of early experiences, and particularly early trauma or deprivation, for adult psychological dynamics. Are the roots of disorders of the self – including narcissistic and dissociative disorders – to be found in maladaptive predictions? Are we doomed to repeat old conflicts and traumas? Are repeating and re-enacting the core resistances to change, or do they present therapeutic opportunities? How do we update or change predictions; and what are the biological, environmental and social factors that modulate this process?
The format of the congress will include keynote presentations from internationally renowned experts as well as panel discussions, interactive debates and clinical and research presentations.
Click here for details on hotels and registration.