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KIDS COMPANY

Kids Company, one of the UK's best-loved charities, is selling virtual neurons to raise money to fund research on the effects of abuse and neglect on the brains of children to help change the way social services and other agencies view these young victims.

Visit http://www.kidspeaceofmind.org/# - it's impressive - and why not buy a neuron or two while you are there?

THE MASTER AND HIS EMISSARY - The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

This book, by British neuropsychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, is described as a thought provoking, erudite written book on neuroscience describing how the cerebral hemispheres have not merely different skills but totally different perspectives on the world. It makes an absorbing, rich reading through neurology, psychology, philosophy, literature, the arts, archeology and anthropology.

Dr. McGilchrist is a former Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at the Bethelem Royal & Maudsley Hospital in London and has researched in neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. He taught English at Oxford University where he has been three times elected a Fellow of All Souls College.

  Click here to read the introductory chapter (14 pages) of this book published by Yale University Press.

Two NPSA members are cited in this 600-page volume: Douglas Watt and Jaak Panksepp who is presented as probably the most distinguished neuroscientist in the world on affect and emotion.

Our thanks to the member who drew our attention to this book!

Cahiers jungiens de psychanalyse

The latest issue is on psychoanalysis and neuroscience
Further information: go to http://www.cahiers-jungiens.com/Numeros/Sommaires/CJP130.htm ; Google will translate the page and abstracts are in English.

Bonne lecture!

NEUROPSYCHOANALYSIS THURSDAYS

Get your diaries out: A new NPSA study group is FINALLY being formed in London. We will meet at 6:00 pm on the first Thursday of each month from October at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN) in London WC1.

Modelling our study group on the many successful NPSA groups that exist internationally, our aim is to create a venue for clinicians and researchers with an interest in psychoanalysis and in working with neurological patients, from either a clinical or a research perspective.

The meetings at 6 pm are held at Room B10, The ICN, Alexandra House, 17 Queens Square, London WC1 (closest tube is Russell Square). If you are interested in meeting monthly to discuss these and related issues please contact either:

Diana Caine at Diana.Caine@uclh.nhs.uk or
Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou at a.fotopoulou@ucl.ac.uk.

To apply to join the group please send us a minimum of 2-3 lines, indicating your discipline and the
nature of your interest. Suggestions about topics or format are welcome.

For German Speakers

For German speakers, we are pleased to share the news of the publication of a book about the work of the Frankfurt/Cologne Study Group with stroke patients. The book is edited by Klaus Röckerath, Laura Viviana Strauss, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber (Hg.). The Title is Verletztes Gehirn – Verletztes Ich. Treffpunkte zwischen Psychoanalyse und Neurowissenschaften with a foreword by Mark Solms

Go here to purchase a copy: http://www.v-r.de/en/items/1001004398/

DON'T MESS WITH YOUR MIND!

E.BOOK for kids about drugs by Dr Brian Johnson

The goal is to make kids more aware of the brain and psychological effects of drugs, and of the huge profits in the addictive drug industry - before they first use them, or soon after.

Go to: www.gegensatzpress.com/zombies to download in page- turner format.

PROJECTIONS

WINNER OF THE 2008 AAP/PSP PROSE AWARD FOR BEST NEW JOURNAL IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES!

Published in association with The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image and
The Forum for Movies and Mind, Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that explores the ways in which recent advancements in fields such as cognitive psychology, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, genetics and evolution help to increase our understanding of film, and how film itself facilitates investigations into the nature and function of the mind. The journal also incorporates articles on the visual arts and new technologies related to film. The aims of the journal are to explore these subjects, facilitate a dialogue between people in the sciences and the humanities, and bring the study of film to the forefront of contemporary intellectual debate.

Follow the link to browse the latest Table of Contents and articles.

For additional information, including subscription details as well as submission guidelines, visit Berghan Books or contact the journal directly at: journals@berghahnbooks.com

FACEBOOK GROUP

Neuropsychoanalysis has a Facebook Group (courtesy of Joseph Dodds) which already has over 1000 members.

"A good introduction to some basic areas of overlap between psychoanalytic and neuroscientific domains is Mark Solms 'sigmund freud today' audio download from the npsa website (see above). Its free as an audio file or you can buy it as a dvd. For other info see earlier discussion posts on recommended reading." (Joseph Dodds)

If you would like to have a look or join in, here is the link. (You will need to register with Facebook to have access.)

NEUROCULTURES WORKSHOP

You can now watch and listen to some of the presentations at the "Neurocultures workshop" that BIOS* co-organized with the Max Planck Institute in Berlin last February. *(Centre for Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society, London School of Economics & Political Science)

Emily Martin, Nikolas Rose, Fernando Vidal and Allan Young's presentations can be viewed at:

http://mediathek.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/mediathekPublic/neurocultures/Speeches/Emily-Martin.html

The rest will be posted gradually in the coming weeks or months.

Norman Holland's new book uses neuropsychoanalysis to explain how our brains make pleasure from stories, poems, plays and movies. Why do we feel glad when Jane Austen's heroine gets her man? Why do we believe and enjoy things as improbable as Spider-Man? Even though we know they are just ink on a page or light on a screen.

We respond in an anomalous way because we know we will not act toward Spider-Man, Elizabeth Bennet, or Mr. Darcy. That knowledge changes systems in our brains. This is only one of the special ways our brains function as we go through the literary process, from the creation of literature to being transported, to “poetic faith,” to enjoyment, to meaning, and finally to evaluation.

Holland is Marston-Milbauer Eminent Scholar Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he is also a faculty member of the McKnight Brain Institute. He founded the PSYART online forum with more than 800 members, also the PsyArt online journal. This is Holland's fifteenth book applying psychology to the arts.

At www.literatureandthebrain.com, you can read the Table of Contents and first chapter and also order the book.

JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS INTEREST GROUP

The Neuropsychoanalysis Junior Investigators Interest Group - 'The NeuropsA JiiG'- is an informal forum for junior members of the field to meet and exchange perspectives.

If you are interested, please contact Katerina Fotopoulou at Aikaterini.Fotopoulou@iop.kcl.ac.uk or Tobi Nolte at tobi_n78@hotmail.com

MEANWHILE... In New York a group for young researchers in neuropsychoanalysis has also been initiated, The Young Investigators Group. If you are interested in the New York group, please contact Maggie Zellner at magsterz@gmail.com.