TY - JOUR A1 - Kouvelas, Elias D. T1 - Unconscious and plasticity: Bridges between psychoanalysis and neuroscience JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 3-4, 2012), pp. 214-217. N2 - The recent developments in brain science research suggest that terms such as >consciousness< or >unconscious< can be discussed not only on a psychological or psychoanalytic basis, but also on a neurobiological one. The work of several investigators indicates that, through the mechanisms of brain plasticity, an unconscious internal reality can be formed that probably plays a key role in the determination of the subject. The functions of the amygdala can be a good example for visualizing this type of mechanism. Mirror neurons may also play a key role in human development during the prelinguistic stages of life. Y1 - 2012 ER -