Building crucial bridges between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences, this compelling volume brings together prominent authorities from multiple disciplines. The volume highlights the contributions of Eric R. Kandel, whose seminal articles helped launch the fledgling field of neuropsychoanalysis. Contributors address what contemporary neuroscientific research reveals about how psychoanalytic techniques work and why they are effective. Also examined are ways in which psychoanalysis can contribute to scientific explorations of the mind. Each chapter is followed by a thoughtful response. This material was originally published as a special issue of The Psychoanalytic Review (Vol. 99, No. 4, 2012), editor, Alan J. Barnett, PhD.

Correspondence between Eric R. Kandel and the EditorForeword, Mark SolmsPreface, Edith LauferPAPERS AND RESPONSESPsychoanalysis, Neuroscience and the Unconscious Self, Arnold H. ModellResponse, David OldsA Contribution Toward a Science of Psychoanalysis, Howard ShevrinResponse, Arnold H. ModellBiological Underpinnings of the Cognitive Model of Depression: A Prototype for Psychoanalytic Research, Aaron T. Beck, Emily A. P. Haigh and Kari F. BaberResponse, Margaret R. ZellnerHow Memory Works, Including Some Comments on the Implicit Memory (Cerebellum/Basal Ganglia) System: The Highest-Level Discriminative System of Mind/Brain, Fred M. LevinResponse, Alan J. BarnettTowards a Materialist Metapsychology: Major Operating Principles of the Brain Provide a Blueprint for a Fundamentally Psychodynamic Infrastructure, Margaret R. ZellnerResponse, Howard ShevrinCOMMENTNeuroscience and Psychoanalysis: A Natural Alliance, Antonio DamasioAfterword, Joseph LeDoux