title: Soul, butterfly, mythological nymph: psyche in philosophy and neuroscience.
abstract: The term "psyche" and its derivatives - including "Psychology" and "Psychiatry" - are rooted in classical philosophy and in mythology. Over the centuries, psyche has been the subject of discourse and contemplation, and of fable; it has also come to signify, in entomology, the order of Lepidoptera. In the current surge of research on brain and mind, there is a gradual transition from the psyche (or the "soul") to the specified descriptors defined by the fields of Behavioral, Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience.
authors.affiliation: University of Macedonia, Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Education, Thessalonica, Greece.|University of Macedonia, Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience, Thessalonica, Greece.
authors.forename: Elena I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Antonakou
authors.affiliation: University of Macedonia, Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Education, Thessalonica, Greece.|University of Macedonia, Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience, Thessalonica, Greece.
authors.forename: Lazaros C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Triarhou
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009229:Mythology; D009484:Neuropsychology; D009488:Neurosciences; D010684:Philosophy; D012660:Semantics