"Ego" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of internalized parental and social prohibitions or the conscience, (the superego), and of reality.
Descriptor ID |
D004532
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MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.747.189 F02.739.794.206
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2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ego" by people in Profiles.
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Coding of self-motion signals in ventro-posterior thalamus neurons in the alert squirrel monkey. Exp Brain Res. 2008 Aug; 189(4):463-72.
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When the self represents the other: a new cognitive neuroscience view on psychological identification. Conscious Cogn. 2003 Dec; 12(4):577-96.
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The Rorschach Ego Impairment Index: prediction of treatment outcome in a child psychiatric population. J Pers Assess. 2003 Aug; 81(1):11-9.
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Object relations and reality testing in early- and late-onset schizophrenia. J Clin Psychol. 2000 Apr; 56(4):505-17.
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Psychoanalysis and dynamical systems theory: prediction and self similarity. J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1995; 43(4):1085-113.
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Adolescent violence and the adolescent self. Adolesc Psychiatry. 1993; 19:418-41.
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The psychological assessment of police candidates. Am J Psychiatry. 1968 May; 124(11):1575-80.