Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: May 9, 2025

Frame-by-Frame Video Analysis of Idiosyncratic Reach-to-Grasp Movements in Humans

Frame-by-Frame Video Analysis of Idiosyncratic Reach-to-Grasp Movements in Humans

Published on: January 15, 2018

The frame in analysis: On Lacan's perspective.

¹Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association, New York, USA.

The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis

|May 2, 2025

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Politics and paranoia. Roundtable discussion 1, March 31, 2007.

Psychoanalytic review·2010

Same author

Roundtable discussion 2, March 31, 2007.

Psychoanalytic review·2010

See all related articles

Psychoanalytic therapy requires analysands to speak freely and analysts to practice "evenly suspended attention." This involves listening beyond conscious intent to unconscious processes, forming the analytic frame.

Area of Science:

Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Psychotherapy

Background:

The fundamental rule of psychoanalysis requires analysands to engage in free association.
Analyst's 'evenly suspended attention' is a counterpart to the analysand's free association.
Freud described this attention as being finely tuned to unconscious processes.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the analyst's role in psychoanalytic therapy.
To examine the concept of "evenly suspended attention" in psychoanalysis.
To understand the significance of the analyst's listening in the analytic process.

Main Methods:

Analysis of psychoanalytic theory, focusing on Freud and Lacan.
Examination of the analyst's listening practice.

Keywords:

Subject supposed to know drives, object preliminary sessions scansion time

More Related Videos

Perspectives on Neuroscience

Perspectives on Neuroscience

Published on: July 31, 2007

Investigating the 'Uncatchable Smile' in Leonardo da Vinci's La Bella Principessa: A Comparison with the Mona Lisa and Pollaiuolo's Portrait of a Girl

Investigating the 'Uncatchable Smile' in Leonardo da Vinci's La Bella Principessa: A Comparison with the Mona Lisa and Pollaiuolo's Portrait of a Girl

Published on: October 4, 2016

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: May 9, 2025

Frame-by-Frame Video Analysis of Idiosyncratic Reach-to-Grasp Movements in Humans

Frame-by-Frame Video Analysis of Idiosyncratic Reach-to-Grasp Movements in Humans

Published on: January 15, 2018

Perspectives on Neuroscience

Perspectives on Neuroscience

Published on: July 31, 2007

Investigating the 'Uncatchable Smile' in Leonardo da Vinci's La Bella Principessa: A Comparison with the Mona Lisa and Pollaiuolo's Portrait of a Girl

Investigating the 'Uncatchable Smile' in Leonardo da Vinci's La Bella Principessa: A Comparison with the Mona Lisa and Pollaiuolo's Portrait of a Girl

Published on: October 4, 2016

Exploration of the concept of "evenly suspended attention".

Main Results:

The analyst's "evenly suspended attention" involves suspending acquired knowledge.
This attention focuses on the sequence of uttered signifiers, identifying effects of sense and non-sense.
Lacan emphasizes the analyst's position of "not-knowing" as central to the analytic frame.

Conclusions:

Rigorous listening by the analyst is crucial for the psychoanalytic process.
The analyst's listening reveals its own logic and temporality.
The analyst's "evenly suspended attention" facilitates access to unconscious material.