Autori
Liotti, Giovanni
Farina, Benedetto

Titolo
La psicotraumatologia contemporanea e le teorie sui rapporti fra processi mentali coscienti e inconsci
Periodico
Sistemi intelligenti
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 553 - Pagina finale: 564

Two hypotheses may explain the dissociation or dissolution of consciousness in response to traumatic experiences: the operation of an intra-psychic defensive process protecting from the mental pain of traumatic memories, and the idea that traumatic experiences and memories directly dis-integrate the higher mental processes. The two types of hypothesized mental process correspond to two different views of the relationships between conscious and unconscious mental operations: the first view consider a prevailing top-down influence where initially conscious or pre-conscious mental operations dissociate from consciousness important mental contents, while the second regards a prevailing bottom-up influence where radically non-conscious mental operations distort or inhibit conscious processes. Recent neuroscience studies, together with a neo-jacksonian evolutionary and hierarchical model of mind and brain, support the bottom-up theory of post-traumatic dissociation.



SICI: 1120-9550(2013)3<553:LPCELT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Testo completo: http://www.mulino.it/download/article/10.1422/76301
Testo completo alternativo: http://www.mulino.it/doi/10.1422/76301

Esportazione dati in Refworks (solo per utenti abilitati)

Biblioteche ACNP che possiedono il periodico