Beyond the Brain: Merging Embodied Mind and AI in the Clinical Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neuropsychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 April 2026 | Viewed by 1194
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuroscience; psychotherapy; pscychopathology; artificial intelligence; embodied mind; neural nets
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A complex holistic approach, integrating neuroscience and psychotherapy, has progressively spread in order to provide a global response to mental distress. Clinical neuroscience evidence integrates psychotherapy by offering a complete and multifaceted understanding of the human being, joining the biological dimension and the relational-cultural one, to create effective treatments. Additionally, due to AI, the patient–therapist system is explored as a complex, self-organizing, and autopoietic network. Overcoming the traditional mind–body distinction, and its related scientific simplifications, permits new interdisciplinary understanding. According to Cozolino, clinical neuroscience epistemology aims to understand the human mind as an integrated system, in which genetics, brain development, epigenetics, and attachment interact deeply to shape behavior and mental health. The aim of this Special Issue is to welcome contributions that embrace these epistemological perspectives, exploring projects that demonstrate the effectiveness of therapeutic processes through a complexity-oriented lens towards an integrated perspective in clinical neuroscience and psychotherapy.
Prof. Dr. Raffaele Sperandeo
Dr. Valeria Cioffi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- holistic approach
- psychotherapy
- neuroscience
- complex systems
- self-organization
- interdisciplinary research
- artificial intelligence
- embodied mind
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