Antonio Damasio is University Professor; David Dornsife
Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychology; and director
of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern
California [www.usc.edu/bci]. He is the author of numerous
scientific articles and the recipient of many awards, including the
Asturias Prize in Science and Technology; the Honda Prize; and the
Pessoa and Signoret prizes. Damasio is a member of the Institute of
Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of
Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He holds
honorary doctorates from several universities and is the author of
"Descartes' Error, The Feeling of What Happens," "Looking for
Spinoza, " and "Self Comes to Mind," which have been translated and
taught in universities throughout the world.
(For more information go to the Brain and Creativity Institute
website at http: //www.usc.edu/bci/)
"Exquisite...Readers fascinated from both a philosophical and
scientific perspective with the question of the relationship among
brain, mind, and self will be rewarded."
--"Publishers Weekly
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"The marvel of reading Damasio's book is to be convinced one can
follow the brain at work as it makes the private reality that is
the deepest self."
--V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Laureate and author of "A Bend in the River
"and" the Enigma of Arrival"
"Damasio makes a grand transition from higher-brain views of
emotions to deeply evolutionary, lower-brain contributions to
emotional, sensory and homeostatic experiences. He affirms that the
roots of consciousness are affective and shared by our fellow
animals. Damasio's creative vision leads relentlessly toward a
natural understanding of the very font of being."
--Jaak Panksepp, author of "Affective Neuroscience" and Baily
Endowed Professor of Animal Well-Being Science, Washington State
University
"I was totally captivated by "Self Comes to Mind." In this work
Antonio Damasio presents his seminal discoveries in the field of
neuroscience in the broader contexts of evolutionary biology and
cultural development. This trailblazing book gives us a new way of
thinking about ourselves, our history, and the importance of
culture in shaping our common future."
--Yo-Yo Ma, musician
"The epicenter of "Self Comes to Mind" concerns the neurological
basis for cognition and the issue of the superposition of a "self'
onto the construct which we address as reality. In very
characteristic style, Antonio is both eloquent and scholarly. His
command of the themes he approaches is impressive, as is the vigor
with which he tackles such recondite issues as the elusive "self,"
inside the head. A wonderful read, and a recommended one!"
--Rodolfo R. Llinas, Chair and Professor of Physiology and
Neuroscience, New York University
"In this astonishing work, Antonio Damasio puts his years of
investigation intor
"The marvel of reading Damasio's book is to be convinced one can
follow the brain at work as it makes the private reality that is
the deepest self." -VS Naipaul, Nobel Laureate and author of "A
Bend in the River "and" the Enigma of Arrival"
“Damasio makes a grand transition from higher-brain views of
emotions to deeply evolutionary, lower-brain contributions to
emotional, sensory and homeostatic experiences. He affirms that the
roots of consciousness are affective and shared by our fellow
animals. Damasio's creative vision leads relentlessly toward a
natural understanding of the very font of being.” – Jaak Panksepp,
author of "Affective Neuroscience" and Baily Endowed Professor of
Animal Well-Being Science, Washington State University
“I was totally captivated by "Self Comes to Mind." In
this work Antonio Damasio presents his seminal discoveries in the
field of neuroscience in the broader contexts of evolutionary
biology and cultural
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