Imagining with the body in analytical psychology. Movement as active imagination
An interdisciplinary perspective from philosophy and neuroscience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8984205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ana Deligiannis (Buenos Aires Argentina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-185 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-5922.12392 |
| OpenAlex | W2792340171 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This article explores how the body and imagination operate as pathways of knowledge through the use of Movement as Active Imagination in clinical practice. This method activates the transcendent function, thus encouraging new therapeutic responses. A philosophical perspective (Spinoza, Nietzsche, Merleau‐Ponty) and some concepts from neuroscience (embodied cognition, somatic markers, image schema, mirror neurons, neuronal plasticity) will accompany us throughout this work, illustrated with a clinical vignette. Three levels of integration: 1) body, 2) body‐emotion, 3) body‐emotion‐imagination are proposed: these mark a progressive sense of articulation and complexity. Finally the relation between creativity and neuronal plasticity will be considered
Art · Body schema · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Creativity · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Perception · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenology (philosophy · Relation (database · Schema (genetic algorithms · Action Observation and Synchronization · Empathy and Medical Education · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |