Freud and Neuroscience anno 2017

Symposium in commemoration of 100 years in the Netherlands

Date: Vrijdag 24 November 2017, 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. Place: Compagnietheater, Grote Zaal Venue: Kloveniersburgwal 50 1012 CX Amsterdam

www.compagnietheater.nl

09.30 a.m. Welcome Eric van der Burg, loco-mayor and alderman, City of Amsterdam

Opening words by René Kahn, chair of the morning sessions Professor & Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, member KNAW

9.40 a.m. Introduction by Don Linszen, Emeritus Professor Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam/Stichting Breukvlakken/Psychoanalyst np

9.50 a.m. Keynote lecture António Damásio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist and neurologist. He is currently the David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Southern California and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute. Neuroscientific pioneer Antonio Damasio will receive the Freud Medal 2017 for his original and groundbreaking contributions to researching the neurobiology of the , and especially the neural substrate of emotions and the central role that feelings play in consciousness.

10.40 a.m. Coffeebreak

11.10 a.m. Mark Solms is a South African psychoanalyst and neuropsychologist. Currently he holds the Chair of at the University of and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology). He is also currently Research Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association. Mark Solms founded the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society in 2000, is best known for his discovery of the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming, and for his integration of psychoanalytic theories and methods with those of modern neuroscience. He is reportedly the first person to have used the term neuropsychoanalysis, examining subjective, conscious/unconscious and intentional aspects of brainfunctioning contrast with neurobehaviourism, studying with objectively assessed brain functions.

12.00 p.m. Lunch

Chair afternoon sessions: Don Linszen

1.00 p.m. Roshan Cools, is Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry at the department of psychiatry of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre and principal investigator at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. Her specific area of research is examining the role of the major ascending neuromodulators (e.g. dopamine and serotonin) in the cognitive and motivational control of decision making, with the ultimate aim to advance our understanding and treatment of a wide range of neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g. impulse control problems, ADHD and Parkinson’s disease). To this end, she combines cognitive science, psychopharmacology, functional and chemical neuroimaging, TMS and patient research.

1.30 p.m. Panel discussion between Cools, Damásio and Solms about dopamine and the role of emotions. 1.40 p.m. Christiaan Vinkers studied pharmacy, law and medicine and is now working as a clinical psychiatrist and researcher at the University Medical Center Utrecht. His research has demonstrated that stress can increase the risk of psychiatric and other disorders and identified biological factors that play a role.

2.10 p.m. Panel discussion between Damásio, Solms and Vinkers 2.30 p.m. Coffee break 3.00 p.m. Victor A. Lamme is currently professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. His research centers on attention, cognitive control, consciousness, perceptual organization, visual awareness, visual consciousness, visual learning, visual memory, and visual perception.

3.40 p.m. Panel discussion between Damásio, Lamme and Solms 3.50 p.m. General discussion between the audience and Cools, Damásio, Lamme, Solms and Vinkers

4.10 p.m. Presentation Freud Medal to António Damásio by Jan Swinkels, Emeritus Professor Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre University of Amsterdam, Chair Breukvlakken Foundation and Don Linszen, Chair Jury Freud Medal 2017 4.20 p.m. Closing remarks by Don Linszen 4.30 p.m Drinks

This symposium has been made possible through generous financial support from the Dutch Royal Academy of Science and Arts, the municipality of Amsterdam celebrating 100 years of establishment of the Dutch Psychoanalytic Institute in Amsterdam and the Foundation Psychoanalytical Funding