Antonio Damasio: Systems, Biology & The Problem of Life

Antonio Damasio, MD Head, Brain & Creativity Institute, University of Southern California Excerpt from Ross Institute Summer Academy 2012 Critical Dialogue I www.rossinstitute.org www.ross.org Antonio Damasio is University Professor and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. He is also an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California. Damasio has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how the brain processes memory, language, emotions, and decisions and has described his discoveries in several books which have been translated into over 30 languages and taught in universities worldwide. www.usc.edu/programs/neuroscience/faculty/profile.php?fid=27