A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it.
Antonio Damasio Quotes
We are not passive exhibitors of visual or auditory or tactile images. We have selves. We have a Me that is automatically present in our minds right now.
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| Birth: | 25th February, 1944 |
| Nationality: | American, Portuguese |
| Profession: | Neuroscientist, Professor |
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Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist/neurobiologist. He is a University Professor and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, an Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute, and the author of several books describing his scientific thinking. "As a leading neuroscientist, Damasio has dared to speculate on neurobiological data, and has offered a theory about the relationship between human emotions, human rationality, and the underlying biology." Prior to joining USC in 2005, Damasio was M.W. Van Allen Professor and Head of Neurology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Damasio studied medicine at the University of Lisbon Medical School, where he also did his neurological residency and completed his doctorate.
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