While this paper does not attempt to fully address the clinical applications of neuropsychoanal-ysis, we offer and discuss a brief case illustration in order to demonstrate that neuroscientific research findings can be used to enrich our models of the mind in ways that, in turn, may influence how analysts work with their patients. We then discuss some of the concerns raised within psychoanalysis, with particular emphasis on the epistemological foundations of neuropsychoanalysis. In this paper we outline the development and aims of neuropsychoanalysis, and consider its reception in psychoanalysis and in the neurosciences. Can it engage the neurosciences in a productive and mutually enriching dialogue without compromising its own integrity and unique perspective? While many analysts welcome interdisciplinary exchanges with the neuro-sciences, termed neuropsychoanalysis, some have voiced concerns about their potentially deleterious effects on psychoanalytic theory and practice. These developments raise a number of possibilities for psychoanalysis. Recent advances in the cognitive, affective and social neurosciences have enabled these fields to study aspects of the mind that are central to psychoanalysis. While there are apparent inconsistencies in Hobson's position, his appeal to emotions and instincts provides a preliminary platform for understanding the role of motivation in dreams that is consonant with the Freudian position. Hobson's claim that dream plot and content selection is random and based on design error and functional imbalance is then discussed in relation to the protoconsciousness theory proposal that dreams serve an adaptive function. The role of motivation in Hobson's theory is then considered. This paper first discusses motivation in Freudian theory and its relation to dreams and disguise-censorship. Allan Hobson's alternative position by addressing the role of motivation in dreams. This paper examines Freudian dream theory and J. What receives much less attention is the theoretical coherency of either Freudian dream theory or alternative perspectives. The merits of Freudian dream theory continue to be debated and both supporters and critics appeal to empirical evidence to support their respective positions. The contributors of this book - Solms, Panksepp, Sloman and many others who are all experts in computer design, psychoanalysis and neurology are united in one goal: finding synergy in their interdisciplinary fields. If one accepts that the brain is an information processing system, then one also has to accept that computer theories can be applied to the brain’s functions, the human mental apparatus.
Was the selected direction incorrect?The editors are convinced: yes, and they try to give answers here. The reached achievements are remarkable however, the goal to get a functional model of the mental apparatus was not reached. But does this really make sense? Artificial Intelligence has tried to implement functions of human psyche. Why? The wiring in computers can also be related to application software. Can psychoanalysis offer a new computer model? Can computer designers help psychoanalysts to understand their theory better?In contemporary publications human psyche is often related to neural networks.
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