Psychotherapy and brain plasticity

Frontiers in Psychology

Daniel Collerton¹ 

关键词: plasticity;    psychotherapy;    functional magnetic resonance imaging;    multivoxel pattern analysis;    emotion;    consciousness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00548

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, I will review why psychotherapy is relevant to the question of how consciousness relates to brain plasticity. A great deal of the research and theorizing on consciousness and the brain, including my own on hallucinations for example (Collerton and Perry, 2011) has focused upon specific changes in conscious content which can be related to temporal changes in restricted brain systems. I will argue that psychotherapy, in contrast, allows only a focus on holistic aspects of consciousness; an emphasis which may usefully complement what can be learnt from more specific methodologies.

【 授权许可】

CC BY