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This work reviews the historical role of theory in psychoanalysis and explores the factors dividing cognitive science and psychoanalysis. Chartin g a path through Freud's ideas about the psyche, the volume points out the inconsistencies in his theories that have drawn psychoanalysis away from the scientific approach. Also reviewed is discourse on the metapsychology that has arisen since Freud's time. Introducing current work in cognitive psychology, the book examines research with relevance to a psychoanalytic model, including work in emotions, child development and neuroscience.

“"Wilma Bucci in this valuable book presents a psychological model that explains in a satisfying way the different kinds of meaning inherent in an informational model of psychological and psychoanalytic theory....This is a thoroughly reasoned and researched book, well written and fascinating to read. It is so densely packed with information that it repays the effort to read it more than once. It is of interest to psychoanalysts, but also to any student of mind-brain function. It is one of the few books currently available that show the possibility of a scientific underpinning for psychoanalysis." --Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association "This volume is cogent, informed, and clearly written. It is a powerful antidote to the prevalent skepticism regarding the possibility of establishing psychoanalytic theory upon a scientific model of the mind." --The Psychoanalytic Quarterly "...presents a compelling case for continuing to regard psychoanalysis as a science and an equally compelling case for how we might revise and reformulate psychoanalytic theory to render it compatible with current developments in cognitive psychology....I very much liked Bucci's book. I would recommend it to anyone interested in seeing psychoanalysis remain a scientifically relevant discipline and would recommend it even more strongly to those who seek a divorce between psychoanalysis and science." --Psychoanalytic Books "For analysts who want to know what the future of psychoanalysis will be like, and maybe even what it will take for analysts to get with it, Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science should have a very high priority." --Journal of The American Academy of Psychoanalysis "Suitable for graduate students through professionals." --Choice”

For many years Dr. Wilma Bucci has been engaged in critical research on the psychoanalytic process and has developed her multiple code theory. Her new book, Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science: A Multiple Code Theory, is, in many ways, a culmination of her long years of empirical and theoretical work. It is a remarkable book that succeeds in linking psychoanalytic theory both to the world of cognitive science and to empirical research on psychoanalytic treatment. It seems to me that the future of psychoanalysis lies in its openness to empirical work and to concepts and developments in other disciplines. There are few books that, at one and the same time, remain faithful to the concrete realities of psychoanalysis and are able to integrate it into the larger world of theories of mind. This is such a book. For anyone interested in psychoanalysis, this book is a 'must read.' --Morris Eagle, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University; Past-President, Division of Psychology, American Psychological Association

Wilma Bucci provides a thoughtful synthesis of two fields that have traditionally ignored one another. Broad in scope, Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science explores many exciting intersections between clinical and experimental approaches. This well-written, often provocative book should provide a foundation for productive and long overdue exchanges between clinicians and cognitive scientists. --Daniel L. Schacter, PhD, Professor and Chair of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Searching for Memory: The Brain, The Mind, and The Past.

- This volume is cogent, informed, and clearly written. It is a powerful antidote to the prevalent skepticism regarding the possibility of establishing psychoanalytic theory upon a scientific model of the mind. --The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 5/18/1997

Wilma Bucci did her graduate training in clinical and cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics at the University of Michigan and New York University; then joined the faculty of the Psychiatry Department of the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center as a clinical researcher. Since 1983, she has been on the faculty of the Derner Institute, the doctoral clinical psychology program of Adelphi University, where she is now Professor and Director of Research. She is also Vice-President and Scientific Co-Director of the Glass Institute of Basic Psychoanalytic Research, and is on the faculty of the International Psychoanalytical Association Research Training Programme.

She and her husband, Bernard Maskit, who is a mathematician, share five children, with extended family, all of whom have opinions on the issues covered in this book.

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Wilma Bucci, PhD, is Professor and Director of Research at the Derner Institute, the doctoral clinical psychology program of Adelphi University. Vice-President and Scientific Co-Director of the Glass Institute of Basic Psychoanalytic Research, she is also on the faculty of the International Psychoanalytical Association Research Training Programme. Dr. Bucci completed her graduate training in clinical and cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics at the University of Michigan and New York University.

This work reviews the historical role of theory in psychoanalysis and explores the factors dividing cognitive science and psychoanalysis. Chartin g a path through Freud's ideas about the psyche, the volume points out the inconsistencies in his theories that have drawn psychoanalysis away from the scientific approach. Also reviewed is discourse on the metapsychology that has arisen since Freud's time. Introducing current work in cognitive psychology, the book examines research with relevance to a psychoanalytic model, including work in Emotions, Child Development And Neuroscience.

This work reviews the historical role of theory in psychoanalysis and explores the factors dividing cognitive science and psychoanalysis. Chartin g a path through Freud's ideas about the psyche, the volume points out the inconsistencies in his theories that have drawn psychoanalysis away from the scientific approach. Also reviewed is discourse on the metapsychology that has arisen since Freud's time. Introducing current work in cognitive psychology, the book examines research with relevance to a psychoanalytic model, including work in emotions, child development and neuroscience.

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