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The nested hierarchy of self and its trauma: In search for a synchronic dynamic and topographical re-organization

The sense of self has always been a topic of high interest in both psychoanalysis and most recently in neuroscience. Nowadays, there is an agreement in psychoanalysis that the self emerges from the relationship with the other (e.g., the caregiver) in terms of his/her capacity to attune, regulate, an...

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Autores principales: Scalabrini, Andrea, Mucci, Clara, Northoff, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9478193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36118976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.980353
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Mucci, Clara
Northoff, Georg
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description The sense of self has always been a topic of high interest in both psychoanalysis and most recently in neuroscience. Nowadays, there is an agreement in psychoanalysis that the self emerges from the relationship with the other (e.g., the caregiver) in terms of his/her capacity to attune, regulate, and synchronize with the emergent self of the infant. The outcome of this relational/intersubjective synchronization is the development of the sense of self and its regulatory processes both in dynamic psychology and neuroscience. In this work, we propose that synchrony is a fundamental biobehavioral factor in these dialectical processes between self and others which shapes the brain–body–mind system of the individuals, including their sense of self. Recently in neuroscience, it has been proposed by the research group around Northoff that the self is constituted by a brain-based nested hierarchical three-layer structure, including interoceptive, proprio-exteroceptive, and mental layers of self. This may be disrupted, though, when traumatic experiences occur. Following the three levels of trauma theorized by Mucci, we here suggest how different levels of traumatic experiences might have an enduring effect in yielding a trauma-based topographic and dynamic re-organization of the nested model of self featured by dissociation. In conclusion, we propose that different levels and degrees of traumatic experience are related to corresponding disruptions in the topography and dynamic of the brain-based three-layer hierarchical structure of the self.
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spelling pubmed-94781932022-09-17 The nested hierarchy of self and its trauma: In search for a synchronic dynamic and topographical re-organization Scalabrini, Andrea Mucci, Clara Northoff, Georg Front Hum Neurosci Human Neuroscience The sense of self has always been a topic of high interest in both psychoanalysis and most recently in neuroscience. Nowadays, there is an agreement in psychoanalysis that the self emerges from the relationship with the other (e.g., the caregiver) in terms of his/her capacity to attune, regulate, and synchronize with the emergent self of the infant. The outcome of this relational/intersubjective synchronization is the development of the sense of self and its regulatory processes both in dynamic psychology and neuroscience. In this work, we propose that synchrony is a fundamental biobehavioral factor in these dialectical processes between self and others which shapes the brain–body–mind system of the individuals, including their sense of self. Recently in neuroscience, it has been proposed by the research group around Northoff that the self is constituted by a brain-based nested hierarchical three-layer structure, including interoceptive, proprio-exteroceptive, and mental layers of self. This may be disrupted, though, when traumatic experiences occur. Following the three levels of trauma theorized by Mucci, we here suggest how different levels of traumatic experiences might have an enduring effect in yielding a trauma-based topographic and dynamic re-organization of the nested model of self featured by dissociation. In conclusion, we propose that different levels and degrees of traumatic experience are related to corresponding disruptions in the topography and dynamic of the brain-based three-layer hierarchical structure of the self. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9478193/ /pubmed/36118976 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.980353 Text en Copyright © 2022 Scalabrini, Mucci and Northoff. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title The nested hierarchy of self and its trauma: In search for a synchronic dynamic and topographical re-organization
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title_fullStr The nested hierarchy of self and its trauma: In search for a synchronic dynamic and topographical re-organization
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title_short The nested hierarchy of self and its trauma: In search for a synchronic dynamic and topographical re-organization
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9478193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36118976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.980353
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