The Neuroscience of Identity and Our Many Selves

Bridging 100 years of theory with advancements in brain science

Over the last century, many seemingly different psychological theories have come to similar conclusions: that identity and the relations we have with ourself is not a singular thing but an amalgam of many, sometimes conflicting parts. Psychoanalyst Philip Bromberg called these self-states, managed for better and for worse through dissociation. Carl Jun…