The Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis

Why and How Consciousness Arises

Saturday, April 7, 2018

10:00 am

Presenter: Mark Solms, Ph.D.

Discussant: Maggie Zellner, Ph.D.

Dr. Solms will discuss recent developments in neuropsychoanalysis that illuminate the “hard problem” of consciousness – how and why the subjective experience of consciousness arises in conjunction with the functions of the brain. Solms’ model integrates insights from affective neuroscience, the “conscious id” hypothesis, and Friston’s model of predictive coding, free energy and “surprise,” with implications for clinical work.