This conference report is unusually rewarding in that it shows the great diversification of attempts to understand mental functioning under normal and abnormal conditions. Analysts will be especially gratified by the extent of the efforts neurophysiologists, neuropharmacologists, and animal psychologists are making to integrate their findings with psychoanalytic theory.

Five analysts are represented. Alexander outlines a project which tries to introduce 'objective observation' into the study of the therapeutic process between two persons. The main goal is to show by what 'interventions' the 'corrective experience' can be achieved. The method includes extensive recording of interviews and exposure