Mark Solms

Mark Solms
Mark Solms has received the Arnold Pfeffer Prize
Born (1961-07-17) 17 July 1961 (age 63)
Lüderitz, Namibia
EducationPretoria Boys’ High School
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Cape Town
ThesisAnoneira And The Neuropsychology Of Dreams. (1991)
Websitehumanities.uct.ac.za/department-psychology/contacts/mark-solms

Mark Solms (born 17 July 1961) is a South African psychoanalyst and neuropsychologist, who is known for his discovery of the brain mechanisms of dreaming and his use of psychoanalytic methods in contemporary neuroscience.[1] He holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology) and is the President of the South African Psychoanalytical Association. He is also Research Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association (since 2013).

Solms founded the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society in 2000 and he was a Founding Editor (with Ed Nersessian) of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis. He is Director of the Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.[2] He is also Director of the Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation in New York, a Trustee of the Neuropsychoanalysis Fund in London, and Director of the Neuropsychoanalysis Trust in Cape Town.[3][4][5] He is a trustee of the Loudoun Trust.[6]

  1. ^ Introduction by Lynne Moritz, St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute, 4 March 2015
  2. ^ "#316 – Exploring Neuro-Psychoanalysis with Mark Solms PhD". Shrink Rap Radio. Retrieved 2 March 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "NPSA Association". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  4. ^ "NPSA Fund". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Neuropsychoanalysis Association in APA TV". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Mark Solms: Profile". The Guardian. UK. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.