Critics will also point to the qualitative and subjective nature of the field of psychoanalysis, claiming it cannot be fully reconciled with the quantitative and objective nature of neuroscientific research. However, despite this critique, proponents of the field of neuropsychoanalysis remind critics that the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud himself, began his career as a neuroanatomist, further arguing that research in this category proves that the psychodynamic effects of the mind are inextricably linked to neural activity in the brain.
Critics argue that psychoanalysis is subjective and qualitative, making it incompatible with the objective nature of neuroscientific research. However, proponents of neuropsychoanalysis counter by pointing out that Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, was initially a neuroanatomist, and research in this field demonstrates that psychodynamic effects are intrinsically linked to neural activity in the brain.