Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscience

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

关键词: history;    history, ancient;    philosophy;    neuropsychology;    cognitive neuroscience;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282x20170012

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT 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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