n this issue of Neuropsychoanalysis, three original articles cover topics that range from metapsychologi-cal concepts to novel perspectives on psychopathology. Readers will find much to contemplate: nuanced explorations of several recent neuroscience models that have stimulated lots of neuropsychoana-lytic ideas, such as the free energy principle, the default mode network and the basic emotion systems; and original research on the development of the basic mother-infant relationship, which adds to the literature on that topic with a rich qualitative perspective.
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