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Résumé
Le présent essai examine les processus de représentation et de symbolisation sous-jacents à la mentalisation selon les théories contemporaines sur la mémoire épisodique et autobiographique en neurosciences cognitives et en psychologie de la personnalité. Il sera démontré que la composition et l’organisation des répertoires épisodiques et autobiographiques et leurs liens avec certaines structures affectives du cerveau correspondent aux mécanismes de la mentalisation et à sa finalité. Divers phénomènes psychologiques seront abordés, tels que le refoulement et les images intrusives dans les échecs de mentalisation ou l’émergence de sens et du soi conceptuel dans une mentalisation plus réussie.
Mots-clés :
- mentalisation,
- mémoire épisodique,
- mémoire autobiographique,
- représentation,
- symbolisation
Abstract
The present essay examines the processes of representation and symbolization that underlie mentalization in light of recent theories of episodic and autobiographical memory in cognitive neurosciences and personality psychology. It will be demonstrated that the content and organization of episodic and autobiographical repertoires, along with their pathways to certain affective brain structures, correspond to the mechanisms of mentalization and its finality. Various phenomena will be examined, such as repression and intrusive images in mentalization failures, or the emergence of meaning and of the conceptual self in more successful mentalization.
Keywords:
- mentalization,
- episodic memory,
- autobiographical memory,
- representation,
- symbolization
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