Dr. Antonio Damasio, Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 10 April 2019
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Antonio Damasio, a Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy, and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Trained as both neurologist and neuroscientist, Antonio has brilliantly captured the complicated Interplay b/t biology and psychology and culture — and doing it in a way that provides the highest dignity between each discipline, through a structurally artistic and rigorously scientific process.
His work is built on deep curiosity, deep thinking, and deep contribution to humanity.
Antonio has made seminal contributions to the understanding of brain processes underlying emotions, feelings, and consciousness.
His work on the role of affect in decision-making has made a major impact in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. He is the author of several hundred scientific articles and is one of the most eminent psychologists of the modern era.
His most recent work addresses the evolutionary development of mind and especially the role of life regulation in the generation of cultures.
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