The mimetic brain /Jean-Michel Oughourlian ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill.
Oughourlian, Jean-Michel.
The mimetic brain /Jean-Michel Oughourlian ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource - Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
For a mimetic anthropology -- For a psychiatry of the three brains -- An essay in mimetic nosology -- The dialectic of the rational, emotional, and mimetic brains.
The discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s led to an explosion of research and debate about the imitative capacities of the human brain. Some herald a paradigm shift on the order of DNA in biology, while others remain skeptical. In this revolutionary volume Jean- Michel Oughourlian shows how the hypotheses of Ren ̀ŒGirard can be combined with the insights of neuroscientists to shed new light on the "mimetic brain." Offering up clinical studies and a complete reevaluation of classical psychiatry, Oughourlian explores the interaction among reason, emotions, and imitation and reveals that rivalry-the blind spot in contemporary neuroscientific understandings of imitation-is a misunderstood driving force behind mental illness. Oughourlian's analyses shake the very foundations of psychiatry as we know it and open up new avenues for both theoretical research and clinical practice
9781609174767
Neuropsychology.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Psychology.
Psychophysiology.
Physiology.
Life sciences.
Physical sciences.
Electronic Books.
QP360 / .M564 2016
The mimetic brain /Jean-Michel Oughourlian ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource - Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
For a mimetic anthropology -- For a psychiatry of the three brains -- An essay in mimetic nosology -- The dialectic of the rational, emotional, and mimetic brains.
The discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s led to an explosion of research and debate about the imitative capacities of the human brain. Some herald a paradigm shift on the order of DNA in biology, while others remain skeptical. In this revolutionary volume Jean- Michel Oughourlian shows how the hypotheses of Ren ̀ŒGirard can be combined with the insights of neuroscientists to shed new light on the "mimetic brain." Offering up clinical studies and a complete reevaluation of classical psychiatry, Oughourlian explores the interaction among reason, emotions, and imitation and reveals that rivalry-the blind spot in contemporary neuroscientific understandings of imitation-is a misunderstood driving force behind mental illness. Oughourlian's analyses shake the very foundations of psychiatry as we know it and open up new avenues for both theoretical research and clinical practice
9781609174767
Neuropsychology.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Psychology.
Psychophysiology.
Physiology.
Life sciences.
Physical sciences.
Electronic Books.
QP360 / .M564 2016