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The Feeling of What Happens
Antonio Damasio
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Description for The Feeling of What Happens
Paperback. A leading expert of the neurophysiology of emotions, Damasio shows how our consciousness arose out of the development of emotion. At its core human consciousness is consciousness of the feeling and experiencing self. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; MJN; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 292.
‘The Feeling of What Happens will change your experience of yourself’ New York Times
Where do our emotions come from? What does it mean to be conscious?
At its core, human consciousness is awareness of the feeling, experiencing self, the 'very thought of' oneself.
Brilliantly wide-ranging in his scope, leading expert on the neurophysiology of emotions Antonio Damasio illustrates his thesis with fascinating and illuminating neurological case studies that are both stimulating and provocative.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099288763
SKU
V9780099288763
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99-98
About Antonio Damasio
ANTONIO DAMASIO is a University Professor, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Neurology, and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Damasio's other books include Descartes' Error; Self Comes to Mind; and Looking for Spinoza. He has received the Honda Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, and, shared with his wife Hanna, the Pessoa, Signoret, and Cozzarelli prizes. Damasio is a fellow of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He lives in Los Angeles.
Reviews for The Feeling of What Happens
The life-changing read of the year... The book is crammed with tiny gems of information with which to reassess how you look at the world and think about yourself
Katie Mitchell
Guardian
A tour de force...a monumental book...a gem of a work
Anthony Clare
Sunday Times
Compelling...a story told with clarity and pace, unencumbered by unnecessary technical jargon and illustrated with insightful clinical anecdotes
The Times
A fascinating and suggestive book
Literary Review
Both Descartes' Error and The Feeling of What Happens are essential reading. They are groundbreaking classics of psychology and neuroscience. These are the books to buy, keep and ponder upon. Do so, and you will be ahead of the ruck by at least a decade
Journal Of The Royal Society of Medicine
Katie Mitchell
Guardian
A tour de force...a monumental book...a gem of a work
Anthony Clare
Sunday Times
Compelling...a story told with clarity and pace, unencumbered by unnecessary technical jargon and illustrated with insightful clinical anecdotes
The Times
A fascinating and suggestive book
Literary Review
Both Descartes' Error and The Feeling of What Happens are essential reading. They are groundbreaking classics of psychology and neuroscience. These are the books to buy, keep and ponder upon. Do so, and you will be ahead of the ruck by at least a decade
Journal Of The Royal Society of Medicine