The Helix Center

Congratulations to Dr. Edward Nersessian, the director of the Helix Center and a training analyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute for the publication of "The End of Freud?" This memoir intertwines his personal story of growing up in Iran and Europe, his years of training as a psychoanalyst and his clinical practice, which gradually led him to question key components of psychoanalytic theory.

Stream our roundtable live, "Panacea or Poison: Placebos and Nocebos in Modern Medicine" at 2:30pm EST today:

The Helix Center-Panacea or Poison:Placebos and Nocebos in Modern Medicine Placebos “work” for quite a few medical problems. But how? And what is the work they do?

Stream our roundtable live, “Populism” at 12:00pm EST today

The Helix Center - Populism Populism refers to the political mobilization of “the people” against a perceived elite caste of professional politicians.

Stream our roundtable live, "Many Minds of Memory" at 2:30pm EST today

The Many Minds of Memory Memory is not a dusty cellar, open treasure chest, or sealed pandora’s box. It is a dynamic process, a stream of renditions and reflections. It conveys to us...

Stream our roundtable live, "Ethics & AI" at 2:30pm EST today

Ethics & AI Justice is blind, the saying goes, which means that a person’s particulars – their social status, race, gender, etc. – should have no bearing on fair judgeme...

The Many Minds of Memory RT on 3/14 has been postponed. New Date TBA

Stream our discussion on "How Deep Do We Go? Behavior, Mind, and The 4-Billion-Year History of Life" now:

How Deep Do We Go? Behavior, Mind, and The 4-Billion-Year History of Life

Stream our discussion on "Mathematics and Other Realities" here:

Mathematics and Other Realities

Stream our discussion on "Emergence of Empathy: Encountering The Other Through Fiction" here:

Emergence of Empathy: Encountering The Other Through Fiction

Stream our discussion on Mechanization of Math here:

Mechanization of Math