Modern neuroscience is rediscovering an idea Freud had 130 years ago

Modern neuroscience and psychoanalysis may have far more in common than many people realize, according to a new paper published in the neurocognitive journal Entropy. The researchers argue that today's leading model of brain function shares striking similarities with ideas that originated with Sigmund Freud and have been developed by psychoanalytic theorists for more than a century. They suggest that combining these perspectives could lead to a more complete understanding ...