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The Freudian unconscious: Between neuroscience and psychoanalysis

Conference

Start Time:28 Oct 2011

End Time:29 Oct 2011

Where:EPFL, Route cantonale, Lausanne, Switzerland

We are witnessing a growing interest in scientific models that make reference to psychoanalysis. In this context, the specificities of the Freudian unconscious are rediscovered from novel perspectives provided by the neurosciences.

This trend raises stimulating epistemological questions in relation to the different methodologies used by the psychoanalytic and scientific fields respectively. For instance: Which unconscious properties inferred from the psychoanalytic clinic could be experimentally explored? Can we expect the psychoanalytic methodology to trigger novel scientific research projects, better fit to the specificities of the Freudian unconscious? What kind of empirical approaches to the unconscious could modify the way psychoanalytic cures are conducted?

The Agalma Foundation aims at facilitating exchanges between psychoanalysis and neurosciences. To pursue this interdisciplinary goal, the foundation proposes to bring together prominent researchers involved in both fields to exchange their views and explore the possibility of original research projects. In this context, the foundation organizes a first workshop on the Freudian unconscious between neurosciences and psychoanalysis.

Organizers:
Pierre Magistretti, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL and Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, CHUV-UNIL., Lausanne, Switzerland,
Francois Ansermet, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland,
Mathieu Arminjon, Agalma Foundation - HUG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Speakers:
Pierre Magistretti, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL and Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, CHUV-UNIL., Lausanne, Switzerland,
Francois Ansermet, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland,
Mathieu Arminjon, Agalma Foundation - HUG, Geneva, Switzerland.
René Roussillon, Université Lyon 2, Lyon, France.
Philippe La Sagna, School for Freudian Cause, Bordeaux, France.
Dante Trojan, HUG -Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service - UAPH, Geneva, Switzerland.
Nicolas Georgieff, Université Claude bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.
Ariane Bazan, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Leslie Ponce, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Valeria Vianello Dri, Agalma Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lisa Ouss, Necker Hospital, Paris, France.
Sylvain Missonnier, Paris Descartes University Institute of psychology, Boulogne, France.
Karl Friston, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Axel Cleeremans, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Howard Shevrin, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States.
Cristina Alberini, New York University, New York, United States.
Vittorio Gallese, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Mark Solms, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.