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(1992). Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 61:114-116

L'Identité Psychosomatique. Une Approche Par La Théorie Générale Des Systèmes. (Psychosomatic Identity. An Approach Following General Systems Theory.): By Henri Bianchi. Paris: Éditions Aubier, 1990. 353 pp.

Edward Nersessian

Recent major advances in the neurosciences have once again focused attention on the ancient mind-brain conundrum. In a somewhat rough and schematic way, the work on this subject can be divided into two groups, the first encompassing those studies that approach the issue in a global way and the second, basic neuroscience research. Arguments over monism, dualism, and Roger Sperry's "New Mentalism" belong in the first group, as well as hypotheses that attempt to explain how the mind comes about from the activities of the brain. Penrose's proposal of a "new quantum theory" and Pribram's use of the transform domain are among the newer ideas to emerge in this area. In the second group are the studies (primarily neuropsychological in nature) that focus on various functions or processes, such as memory. The research of Squire and Schacter belong here, as well as the work of the psychoanalyst Reiser. In addition, there is the more basic neuroscience research that examines changes at the

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