In 'Self Comes to Mind' I pay a lot of attention to simple creatures without brains or minds, because those 'cartooned abstractions of who we are' operate on precisely the same principles that we do.
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
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.
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…
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…
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…
The self is a perpetually recreated neurobiological state. - Antonio Damasio
The self is a perpetually recreated neurobiological state.
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.
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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