In this provocative text a noted neuroscientist reexamines Freud's posthumously published
Project of Scientific Psychology in the light of modern neuroscience. This expanded
thermodynamics of the mind model includes robust conceptions of the cellular and neural
processes that accompany creation of consciousness and memory their contributions to such
conditions as depression dissociative disorders and schizophrenia and implications for
practice from imaging to talk-based therapies to pharmacotherapy. Central to this construct is
Freud's proposal of specific omega neurons as the most volatile carriers of consciousness
between mind and brain which is applied to current issues regarding complexity and executive
functioning. In addition the book is extensively referenced allowing readers to investigate
these and related phenomena in greater detail. Among the topics covered: Neural reductionism in
Freud's Project and neuropsychoanalysis.Thermodynamics and brain self-organization. Conflicting
information and the dissociated mind. The Cartesian model of the mind and the binding problem.
Neuroendocrine and immune response to stress. The concept of omega neurons and modern chaos
theory. Rigorous challenging and occasionally startling The Brain and Conscious Unity is a
milestone in the neuroscience and mind brain literature to be read and discussed by
psychiatrists psychologists and neuropsychologists.
