The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it's the lived past and the anticipated future.
Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story. - Antonio Damasio
Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.
- Antonio Damasio
We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a compl… - Antonio Damasio
We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a compl…
I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patien… - Antonio Damasio
I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patien…
The self is a perpetually recreated neurobiological state. - Antonio Damasio
The self is a perpetually recreated neurobiological state.
The problem that we, as living organisms, face - and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces - is the management of life. - Antonio Damasio
The problem that we, as living organisms, face - and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces - is the management of life.
A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind. - Antonio Damasio
A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind.
Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking car… - Antonio Damasio
Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking car…
There is no such thing as a disembodied mind. The mind is implanted in the brain, and the brain is implanted in the body. - Antonio Damasio
There is no such thing as a disembodied mind. The mind is implanted in the brain, and the brain is implanted in the body.
Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes. - Antonio Damasio
Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.
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