The Neural Correlates of Jungian Collective Unconscious

Subject Areas : Philosophy

اسماعیل دهقان ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2009-08-10 Accepted : 2010-05-13 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: collective unconscious, Analytic Psychology, archetype, Eros, Anima, Animus, Evolution, Memory, Neural Correlates,

Abstract :

This paper tries to study the question of whether the notion ofcollective unconscious as developed by Jung has any neural correlates.Also, the notion will be pinned down with respect to the realm ofcognitive science as well as the interpretation of modern cognitivepsychologists. For example, it will be shown that unconscious humanemotions somehow are related to the long term memory which hasgenetic base in psychology and is based on the changes in genotypestructure. With reference to the ideas projected by people such asRoederer, Panksepp, and McLennan, it will be clarified that why innatural dreams and imaginations, there are always fixed backgrounds,called archetypes by Jung. The claim, then, is that archetypes have todo with brain structure, neurons, and genetics of the brain structure.