‘I noticed’: The emergence of self‐observation in relationship to pathological attractor sites
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The author highlights self-observation as an important goal of psychoanalysis, separate from other concepts with which it is often confounded. To support this position, he presents clinical and developmental data, as well as observations by psychoanalysts on recent findings by cognitive neuroscientists. He introduces the term 'pathological attractor sites' to capture the challenge in moving from the belief in the reality of one's own thoughts to self-observation. Clinical techniques to deal with this specific challenge are presented.
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- Authors
- Busch, F.
- Affiliations
- 1246 Eliot Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467‐1447, USA ‐
- Corresponding author
- Busch, Fred
- ORCID
- Busch, Fred
- Venue
- The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-04
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 423-441
- ISSN
- 0020-7578 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-8315
- OpenAlex
- W2038164726
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Keywords
- self-observation, psychoanalytic technique, cognitive neuroscience, clinical techniques, self-knowledge
- MeSH terms
- Cognition, Humans, Psychoanalytic Interpretation, Self Concept, Nonlinear Dynamics
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