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This is the first bulletin of the Prague Neuropsychoanalysis Group (PNG), working with the Czech Psychoanalytical Society (ČPS). A heightened interest in the relation of neuroscience to psychoanalysis followed the conference marking the 150th anniversary of Freud's birth in Moravia held in Prague in May 2006, entitled Freud's Screen Memories in the Light of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences. The neuropsychoanalytic papers presented included M. Mancia, “Memory and Unconscious: From Freud to Us (How the Neurosciences Can Contribute to Psychoanalysis)”; A. Feve & G. Hart, “Dreams in the Fields of Neurology and Psychoanalysis”; P. B. Falk, “Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience: Cooperation or Integration?”; and R. M. Galatzer-Levy, “Screen Memories and Non-linear Dynamics (Chaos Theory)” (see: psychoanalyza.cz).
In July 2007, Dr. Erika Mlejnkova and Joseph Dodds attended the International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress in Vienna, and on 5 January 2008, the ?PS held an all-day seminar on Freud's (1950 [1895]) “Project for a Scientific Psychology,” led by Dr. Miroslav Borecký, a senior training analyst. Mr. Dodds briefly reported back from the Vienna Congress, raising the idea of a neuropsychoanalysis work group. On 19 April 2008 Dr. Borecký led a further seminar on Freud's “Project,” including presentations by Mr. Dodds on “What Is Neuropsychoanalysis?” and Dr. David Holub on critiques of neuropsychoanalysis (see Blass & Carmeli, 2007). The seminar concluded by discussing potential benefits and pitfalls of neuropsychoanalysis and its relevance, or not, to psychoanalytic clinical practice. Three participants followed up this final question by attending the British Psychoanalytical Society's English Speaking Conference, featuring a debate on this topic between Mark Solms and Rachel Blass. While Solms formally won the debate, this important i