The author and neuroscientist engage in a dialogue about how we know, what we feel, and how we understand ourselves. What is consciousness, and how does it emerge from the flesh of the brain? For ...

The Strange Order of Things by Antonio Damasio is a scientific work about feelings, and the part they have played in biology and culture. The often ignored connection between emotion and society, and ...

Say what you will about George W. Bush’s style, but you can’t fault him for having an overly brain-based conception of how to make decisions. As Stephen Colbert famously said, our 43rd president ...

Nietzsche would have given four cheers for this intricately argued book, which is at once scientifically rigorous and humanely accommodating, and, so far as this reviewer can judge, revolutionary.

Antonio Damasio is one of the most influential neuroscientists of his generation. He has pioneered several of the themes the define the field, including the importance of emotion - we need to feel in ...

Larry talks with renowned scientist, Antonio Damasio, whose Brain and Creativity Institute at USC is entering its second year. Damasio's research group has begun to produce major papers. His study ...

Why do humans have consciousness? In his new book, Self Comes To Mind, neurologist Antonio Damasio argues that consciousness gave humans an evolutionary advantage. Damasio describes the differences ...