Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscience.
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The term "psyche" and its derivatives - including "Psychology" and "Psychiatry" - are rooted in classical philosophy and in mythology. Over the centuries, psyche has been the subject of discourse and contemplation, and of fable; it has also come to signify, in entomology, the order of Lepidoptera. In the current surge of research on brain and mind, there is a gradual transition from the psyche (or the "soul") to the specified descriptors defined by the fields of Behavioral, Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 75 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017