Feeling And Knowing

António Damásio is a professor in the chair. David Dornsife of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy, and director of Brain and Creativity Institute in University of Southern CaliforniaIn Los Angeles, neurologist and neuroscientist, Damasio has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the brain processes underlying emotions, feelings, and consciousness. His work on the role of affect in decision-making has had a profound impact on neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and from Bavarian Academy of SciencesHe received the Freud Medal [2017] and has been honored with numerous awards, including the Grawemeyer Prize [2014] and the Honda Prize [2010], the Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research [2005], and the Nonino [2003], Signoret [2004], and Pessoa [1992] awards. He has described his research and ideas in several books, including Descartes' Error [1995], The Feeling of Self [2000], In Search of Spinoza [2003], The Book of Consciousness [2010] and The Strange Order of Things [2017], which are translated into more than thirty languages ​​and are taught in universities around the world.