Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscience
ABSTRACT The term “psyche” and its derivatives – including “Psychology” and “Psychiatry” – are rooted in classical philosophy and in mythology. Over the centuries, psyche has been the subject of discourse and contemplation, and of fable; it has also come to signify, in entomology, the order of Lepid...
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| description | ABSTRACT The term “psyche” and its derivatives – including “Psychology” and “Psychiatry” – are rooted in classical philosophy and in mythology. Over the centuries, psyche has been the subject of discourse and contemplation, and of fable; it has also come to signify, in entomology, the order of Lepidoptera. In the current surge of research on brain and mind, there is a gradual transition from the psyche (or the “soul”) to the specified descriptors defined by the fields of Behavioral, Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bdcf9220d35e4b68bb7aae13ab3c368d2025-08-20T02:19:12ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-422775317617910.1590/0004-282x20170012S0004-282X2017000300176Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscienceElena I. AntonakouLazaros C. TriarhouABSTRACT The term “psyche” and its derivatives – including “Psychology” and “Psychiatry” – are rooted in classical philosophy and in mythology. Over the centuries, psyche has been the subject of discourse and contemplation, and of fable; it has also come to signify, in entomology, the order of Lepidoptera. In the current surge of research on brain and mind, there is a gradual transition from the psyche (or the “soul”) to the specified descriptors defined by the fields of Behavioral, Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000300176&lng=en&tlng=enhistoryhistory, ancientphilosophyneuropsychologycognitive neuroscience |
| spellingShingle | Elena I. Antonakou Lazaros C. Triarhou Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscience Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria history history, ancient philosophy neuropsychology cognitive neuroscience |
| title | Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscience |
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| topic | history history, ancient philosophy neuropsychology cognitive neuroscience |
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