Wilson (2011) explicitly states that this article is not a literature review, but rather explores the overlaps and intersections of neuroscience with psychoanalysis. “What methodological difficulties lie in the path of an alliance between the neurosciences and psychoanalysis?” (149). For the most part, Wilson sticks to reviewing the intersections of neuroscience and biology with psychoanalysis and psychological theories. However, Wilson ends her article by emphasizing the need to engage more critically outside the orthodoxy of the disciplines. She calls for “substantial engagement with the anti-foundationalism of critical theories of sexuality, soma, and affectivity” (166). Her work is valuable for those who want to understand the way neuroscience has influenced and been influenced by psychoanalysis.
