Compulsion to predict: the development of self and its disorders
13 Jul 2017
About the event
The 18th annual NPSA Congress 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 demonstrated that the human brain is not a passive; stimulus-driven organ that constructs complex percepts from current sensory inputs; but rather an active prediction machine; using previous experiences to anticipate and shape our current and future states in the world. Various questions will be addressed; including: ‘What are the implications of this insight for psychoanalysis; psychiatry and psychology?’; and ‘Are we doomed to repeat old conflicts and traumas?’.
The Neuropsychoanalysis Association is an international network of non-profit organizations that support a dialogue between the neurosciences and psychoanalysis. Based in New York City, London, and Cape Town, we provide resources for clinicians, researchers, students, and the general public, including our journal, conferences, research grants, and educational programs.
