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Priming and projective identification.

R Meares1

  • 1Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
|March 1, 2000
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Priming influences individuals unconsciously, similar to projective identification. Becoming aware of this unconscious influence is therapeutically significant and may be enhanced by Freud's concept of evenly suspended attention.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • Projective identification involves a sense of coercion, a key psychoanalytic concept.
  • The phenomenon of priming, where unconscious stimuli influence behavior, has been recently discovered.
  • Understanding unconscious influences is crucial for therapeutic interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the connection between projective identification and the phenomenon of priming.
  • To investigate how unconscious stimuli, as demonstrated by priming, relate to the sense of coercion in projective identification.
  • To examine the potential of Freud's 'evenly suspended attention' in enhancing awareness of unconscious influences.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing studies on priming and its effects on conscious awareness.

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  • Theoretical analysis linking priming mechanisms to the dynamics of projective identification.
  • Consideration of psychoanalytic principles, specifically Freud's concept of evenly suspended attention.
  • Main Results:

    • Priming demonstrates that individuals can be influenced by stimuli outside conscious awareness.
    • This unconscious influence observed in priming parallels the coercive aspects of projective identification.
    • Awareness of unconscious influences is identified as therapeutically significant.

    Conclusions:

    • The sense of coercion in projective identification may be illuminated by understanding priming.
    • Freud's technique of evenly suspended attention shows potential for increasing awareness of unconscious influences.
    • Bridging cognitive neuroscience (priming) and psychoanalysis (projective identification) offers new therapeutic insights.