Categorization
A Fundamental of Unconscious Mental Activity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20325660 |
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| Authors | Arthur W Epstein (Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane Medical School., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-98 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-3604 • E-ISSN: 1943-2860 |
| Publisher | Guilford Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1521/jaap.1.1992.20.1.91 |
| PMID | 1607305 |
| OpenAlex | W2414613176 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Association formation and categorization, phenomena below volition and awareness, are in the unconscious domain. They reflect automatic processes of brain circuitry. The formation and maintenance of associations and categories require as well as yield neural energy, energy arising from cerebral metabolic processes. Automatic categorization is a fundamental element in perceptual, motoric, and cognitive functions as emphasized by Edelman (1987) who, further, relates categorization to dynamic cerebral cortical fields and to limbic fields for the necessary affective component
Association (psychology) · Categorization · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Perception · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Unconscious mind · Volition (linguistics) · Action Observation and Synchronization · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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