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Neuropsychoanalysis
An Interdisciplinary Journal for Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences
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Original articles

Primary and secondary process mentation: Two modes of acting and thinking from Freud to modern neurosciences

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Pages 33-44 | Received 11 Sep 2022, Accepted 20 Sep 2023, Published online: 30 Nov 2023

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