Neuroscientist Dr. Antonio Damasio: How Brains Process Decisions & Emotions – Ask Dr. Drew – Episode 58

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Dr. Antonio Damasio is an internationally recognized leader in neuroscience. He has made seminal contributions to the understanding of brain processes underlying emotions, feelings, decision-making and consciousness.

Currently, Dr. Damasio is University Professor, Professor of Psychology, Philosophy and Neurology, and David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute.

Dr. Damasio has written several books, including Descartes’ Error, Self Comes to Mind and The Strange Order of Things. His latest book, Feeling and Knowing – Making Minds Conscious was just released and is an “investigation of the phenomenon of consciousness and its relation to life.”

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