World renowned neurobiologist Antonio Damasio joins Larry Mantle to talk about the newly created Institute for the Neurobiological Study of Emotion, Decision-making and Creativity, that he and his ...

The progression in Antonio Damasio's three books -- from the best-selling "Descartes' Error" in 1995 to the best-selling "The Feeling of What Happens" in 1999 to this one, "Looking for Spinoza" -- is ...

Very few brain scientists would have enough clout, not to mention the confidence, to coax a renowned concert pianist like Maria Joao Pires into donning electrodes for a neurological experiment. It ...

In a data-driven world, Antonio Damasio is one of our best advocates for the power of emotion. In his research and in his popular books like “Descartes’ Error” and “Self Comes to Mind: Constructing ...

In his 2011 bestseller, The Social Animal, New York Times columnist David Brooks writes: We are living in the middle of the revolution in consciousness. Over the past few years, geneticists, ...

Neuroscientist Damasio (Descartes’ Error) sets out to demystify the nature of consciousness in this erudite yet accessible study. He proposes that human consciousness is built upon a series of ...

Many of history's enlightened sages, from Descartes to our mothers, have dispensed the following wisdom to those of us trying to resolve an exasperating dilemma: "Calm down." The suggestion stems, of ...