Freud's old theories breathe,
Neuroscience in Germany
maps the mind’s old paths.
Neuroscience in Germany
maps the mind’s old paths.
What if Sigmund Freud was onto something that modern neuroscience is only now beginning to explain? A new paper argues that today's leading theory of the brain—as a prediction machine constantly anticipating the world—closely mirrors ideas psychoanalysis has explored for more than a century.