Center for Research and Study of the Biological Foundations of Psychoanalysis
Research Committee:
Cristina Alberini, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Philip Blumberg, William Alanson White Institute
Sue Carter, University of Illinois, Chicago
Francis Levy, Philoctetes Center
Edward Nersessian, Philoctetes Center & New York Psychoanalytic Institute
Bradley Peterson, Columbia University
Donald Pfaff, The Rockefeller University
Stephen Porges, University of Illinois, Chicago
Research Fellows:
Michael Garfinkle
Tehela Nimroody
David Younger (2007-08)
Philoctetes Fellows:
Cristina Davis
Adam Libow
Jamieson Webster
Please send research proposals to:
Edward Nersessian
Philoctetes Center
247 E. 82nd St.
New York, NY 10028
Principal Investigators:
Mechanisms of Early Traumatic Memories
Mechanisms of Addiction
Oxytocin and Human Behavior
Aggression and Creativity in Children
Behavioral and Emotional Consequences of Neonatal Masculinization of Females
Imaginative Problem Solving, Intuition, and Emotion-based Learning
Gambling Behavior