Antonio Damasio is the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California.
He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books: his most recent work, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain, explores the relationship between the brain and consciousness. Damasio’s research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making.
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Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious Buy the Book
The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures Buy the Book
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain Buy the Book
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain Buy the Book
Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain Buy the Book
