Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscience

摘要

The term a??psychea?? and its derivatives a?? including a??Psychologya?? and a??Psychiatrya?? a?? are rooted in classical philosophy and in mythology. Over the centuries, psyche has been the subject of discourse and contemplation, and of fable; it has also come to signify, in entomology, the order of Lepidoptera. In the current surge of research on brain and mind, there is a gradual transition from the psyche (or the a??soula??) to the specified descriptors defined by the fields of Behavioral, Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience.