A Farewell from Yoram Yovell

I have been privileged to serve on the Editorial Board of Neuro-Psychoanalysis for the last five years. All good things come to an end, however, and saying goodbye, although necessary due to new obligations and commitments, is not easy. I believe the readers of this journal will have no difficulty empathizing with the excitement and the deep satisfaction I experienced while editing a publication that documented the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field, as well as a scientific paradigm shift in the making. As our field has come of age, so has our journal, and I feel fortunate to have been there when it happened. But in addition to the intellectual rewards of editing a journal that brings together some of the finest and most creative minds in psychoanalysis and the cognitive neurosciences, I was blessed with the opportunity to meet and work with an extraordinary group of people.

During these five years Dr. Oliver Turnbull, my Co-Editor, has become a close personal friend as well as the object of my quiet admiration. He continues to shoulder most of the day-to-day burden of running the journal with grace, talent, and tact. The ability to make and communicate difficult editorial decisions, and to ensure that the journal is typeset, printed, and distributed on time, requires endless patience and perseverance. Fortunately for all of us, Oliver has both. Patricia Porter, our administrator, quickly became an indispensable member of our editorial team. In fact, I suspect that without her, the readers of this journal might have had a lot less to read. The section editors, members of the Editorial Policy Committee, and members of the Editorial Advisory Board were all generous in contributing their time—arguably their most precious and perishable resource—to help make this journal become what it is today. I am greatly indebted to all of them. Dr. Mark Solms and Dr. Edward Ner-sessian, the founders and first Editors of this journal, continue to serve as a source of inspirat