Dr. Yalof began the lecture with a presentation entitled “A New Rorschach Approach to Analyzing the Superego.” The presentation focused on a new psychoanalytically-informed method for analyzing the construct of the superego on the Rorschach test by integrating test-retest information, using both test scores and content data.

Following Dr. Yalof’s presentation, Dr. Theodorou discussed “Buddhist Thought, Western Phenomenology, and Contemporary Neuroscience.”  Her research examines a conceptual space where classical Buddhist thought intersects with Western phenomenology and contemporary neuroscience.  She explored how specific philosophers in phenomenalist schools of thought, both Eastern and Western, might engage in a conversation with contemporary neuroscientists studying the plasticity of the brain-mind.

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