Tuesday, August 21, 2007


Brain-computer interfacesBrain damage Brain regionsClinical neuropsychology Cognitive neuroscienceHuman brain Mind and BrainNeuroanatomy NeurophysiologyPhrenology Popular misconceptions arousalattention concentrationconsciousness decision-makingexecutive functions languagelearningmemory motor coordinationperception planningproblem solving thinking Arthur L. BentonAntonio DamasioAntonio DamasioKenneth Heilman Phineas GageNorman GeschwindElkhonon Goldberg Donald HebbAlexander LuriaAntonio Damasio Muriel D. LezakBrenda Milner Karl PribramOliver Sacks Roger Sperry
Bender-Gestalt Test Benton Visual Retention Test Clinical Dementia Rating Continuous Performance Task Hayling and Brixton tests Lexical decision task Mini mental state examination Stroop task Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Glasgow Coma Score Wisconsin card sorting task
António Damasio, GOSE, pron. IPA: [ɐ̃'tɔniu dɐ'maziu], (IPA: [ɐ̃'tɔniu dɐ'maziu]) (b. 1944, Lisbon, Portugal) is a behavioral neurologist and neuroscientist. He is David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, where he heads USC's Brain and Creativity Institute. Prior to taking up his posts at USC, in 2005, Damasio was M.W. Van Allen Professor and Head of Neurology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States. His career at Iowa lasted from 1976-2005. Besides being a well-known researcher in several areas of the neurology, he is a best-selling author of books which describe his scientific thinking.

Bibliography

Brain and Creativity Institute
Cognitive neuropsychology
Embodied philosophy
Embodiment
Emotion
Neuropsychoanalysis
Joseph E. LeDoux
Insular cortex

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