Have you ever considered joining an Affective
Neuroscience Playgroup?
Be a fearless explorer, activate your SEEKING system and follow in the footsteps of leading
neuroscientist, Jaak Panksepp, author of The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins
of Human Emotions. Bring your PLAY system and join an affective neuroscience ‘playgroup’.
PANIC, FEAR and RAGE systems will be soothed with great CARE, with the aim to kindle
passion and fan your LUST for new knowledge.
Panksepp charted the seven core systems of mammalian emotion and their accompanying
behaviours, ingrained deep in the lower brain: the SEEKING, RAGE, FEAR, LUST, CARE,
PANIC/GRIEF, and PLAY systems. Together we will explore these systems, using his work as
a standard text.
Small group, interactive workshops will aim to:
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Build bridges between affective neuroscience and encourage dialogue between
disciplines.
Allow each individual to build his or her own sustainable framework, to which future
knowledge can be added.
Develop tools that are not only thrilling to explore and discuss in theory, but can be put to
practical use.
A playful, creative stance and sufficient revision and preparation between sessions are brain
essentials for gluing down new knowledge. Please be sure that your schedule will allow for this
throughout the duration of the course.
Good news! Due to demand, a second level, Neuroscience Playgroup II has been added in 2016.
Integrate your knowledge gained in Level I by drawing on the work of leading authors in the
field such as Louis Cozolino, Allen Schore, Dan Siegel and others. A discussion group format
allows for didactic input, group learning, case studies and practical discussion.
Course requirement: Neuroscience Playgroup Level I
We will take what we do seriously, but do not take ourselves seriously. I look forward to your
potential participation in this venture.
Dates
Neuroscience Playgroup Level I
The workshop consists of 11 sessions and meets on the first Friday of the month.
Note: No meeting in July.
Level I
22 January
6 May
2 September
5 February
3 June
7 October
4 March
4 November
1 April
5 August
2 December
Neuroscience Playgroup II
The workshop consists of 11 sessions and meets on the first Saturday of the month.
Level II meets on the first Saturday of the month.
Level II
23 January
7 May
3 September
6 February
4 June
8 October (2nd Saturday)
5 March
5 November
2 April
6 August
3 December
There are a limited amount of places for each group due to the experiential approach.
Venue: CRG Board Room, 9 Dolphin Drive, Bloubergrant.
Workshop Times: 08h30 for 09h00 – 12h15
Registration: 08h30 to 09h00 on 22 January 2016.
CPD points - Level I & II: 33 general CPD points applied for at CPD Department, UFS.
Fees:
R2 000.00 registration fee before the closing date for registration: 28 November 2015, followed
by R975.00 per month, payable by EFT by close of business on the Tuesday preceding each
session.
Banking details:
Nedbank
Branch: Table View Branch Code: 108809
Account Name: Dr KSM Meyer
Cancellation and refunds
Account Number: 1088029132
All cancellations are to be in writing and addressed to ksmmeyer@telkomsa.net prior to
4 December 2015. No refund of the registration fee will be made in the event of cancellation
after 4 December 2015.
For more information please contact Mrs. Marlene Volschenk – 021-556 4019 or
ksmmeyer@telkomsa.net
Target Audience
Mental health professionals e.g. psychologists who wishes to establish the essential principles of
affective neuroscience underpinning emotions, affect-based pathology and other emotion-related
phenomena.
Required reading
1. Panksepp, J. The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions.
2. Medina J. Brain Rules
Facilitated by Dr. KSM Meyer BPharm(Hons), MBChB, MMed(Psig)
Dr. Meyer qualified as a pharmacist in 1982, completed a medical degree in 1988 and joined the
Department of Pharmacology, University of Cape Town in 1990. She qualified as psychiatrist in
1998 and has since been in private practice. Dr. Meyer is a member of the International
Neuropsychoanalysis Society (NPSA).