Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science: Multiple Code Theory, A [Hardcover]

Wilma Bucci Denver Institute Adelphi University USA. (Author)

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Publication Date: May 16, 1997 | ISBN-10: 1572302135 | ISBN-13: 978-1572302136 | Edition: 1

This work reviews the historical role of theory in psychoanalysis and explores the factors dividing cognitive science and psychoanalysis. Chartin g a path through Freud's ideas about the psyche, the volume points out the inconsistencies in his theories that have drawn psychoanalysis away from the scientific approach. Also reviewed is discourse on the metapsychology that has arisen since Freud's time. Introducing current work in cognitive psychology, the book examines research with relevance to a psychoanalytic model, including work in Emotions, Child Development And Neuroscience.

Editorial Reviews

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"For many years Dr. Wilma Bucci has been engaged in critical research on the psychoanalytic process and has developed her multiple code theory. Her new book, Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science: A Multiple Code Theory, is, in many ways, a culmination of her long years of empirical and theoretical work. It is a remarkable book that succeeds in linking psychoanalytic theory both to the world of cognitive science and to empirical research on psychoanalytic treatment. It seems to me that the future of psychoanalysis lies in its openness to empirical work and to concepts and developments in other disciplines. There are few books that, at one and the same time, remain faithful to the concrete realities of psychoanalysis and are able to integrate it into the larger world of theories of mind. This is such a book. For anyone interested in psychoanalysis, this book is a 'must read.'" --Morris Eagle, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University; Past-President, Division of Psychology, American Psychological Association

"Wilma Bucci provides a thoughtful synthesis of two fields that have traditionally ignored one another. Broad in scope, Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science explores many exciting intersections between clinical and experimental approaches. This well-written, often provocative book should provide a foundation for productive and long overdue exchanges between clinicians and cognitive scientists." --Daniel L. Schacter, PhD, Professor and Chair of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Searching for Memory: The Brain, The Mind, and The Past.

About the Author

Wilma Bucci did her graduate training in clinical and cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics at the University of Michigan and New York University; then joined the faculty of the Psychiatry Department of the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center as a clinical researcher. Since 1983, she has been on the faculty of the Derner Institute, the doctoral clinical psychology program of Adelphi University, where she is now Professor and Director of Research. She is also Vice-President and Scientific Co-Director of the Glass Institute of Basic Psychoanalytic Research, and is on the faculty of the International Psychoanalytical Association Research Training Programme.

She and her husband, Bernard Maskit, who is a mathematician, share five children, with extended family, all of whom have opinions on the issues covered in this book.

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Wilma Bucci, PhD, is Professor and Director of Research at the Derner Institute, the doctoral clinical psychology program of Adelphi University. Vice-President and Scientific Co-Director of the Glass Institute of Basic Psychoanalytic Research, she is also on the faculty of the International Psychoanalytical Association Research Training Programme. Dr. Bucci completed her graduate training in clinical and cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics at the University of Michigan and New York University.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 362 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press; 1 edition (May 16, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572302135
• ISBN-13: 978-1572302136
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
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• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Thoughtful Integration, June 27, 2008

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This review is from: Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science: Multiple Code Theory, A (Hardcover)

Dr. Bucci's book is a thoughtful integration of Cognitive Science and psychoanalytic thinking. The book is obviously for those who are in the field or are students of the field. She explains basic concepts in Cognitive Science and psychoanalysis in a lucid manner. She is a creative thinker who attempts to cast off what cannot stand up well in light of current science but shows how much of psychoanalysis can stand up better than many critics think. The chapters on her research were not as strong as the theoretical chapters, as she was not clear on what her complex coding system should expect to see in various situations. She has done much more research since the book was published and interested readers would do well to follow up this book with her research articles.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Basic Outline of Bucci's Theories, September 4, 2010

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This review is from: Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science: Multiple Code Theory, A (Hardcover)

As noted by other reviewers, Bucci's theories are complex and a background in the history of academic and clinical psychology, as well as psychoanalysis, are helpful to appreciate them. Also as noted by another reviewer much research has been done using Bucci & Maskit's computerized discourse measures of The Referential Process since this book was published 13 years ago. More recent work has demonstrated the validity of these measures against Bucci's definitions in empirical studies as well as validating these measures against measures of temporal sequences in narratives and measures of episodic memory. Some of this work is outlined at the Web site below along with summaries of Bucci's main theoretical ideas:

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Though Bucci's ideas and research have developed since this book was first published it remains the single most comprehensive source that outlines her arguments in the context of the history of these diverse fields.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A low RA book, July 4, 2004

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This review is from: Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Science: Multiple Code Theory, A (Hardcover)

Bucci writes a great deal about what she calls Referential Activity, the ability to put experience into symbols and words in a specific and concrete way. But the book itself shows little RA, with page upon page of densely jargon-backed theoretical discussion, and almost no concrete examples of the highly abstract and difficult concepts presented. This makes it almost impossible to understand much what Bucci is saying without an extensive background in both cognitive science and psychoanalytic theory, a background few share. Morever, Bucci seems to take her integration too far, combinbing the work of cognitive science authors and perspectives that are strikingly incompatible without really dealing with this incompatibility. Cognitive science, like psychoanalytic theory, is a pluralistic, even anarchistic group of heterogenous voices, hardly the kind of unified front that Bucci often seems to want it to be.