Damasio, Antonio

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Portuguese born. &nbsp;age 65; &nbsp;Prof of neurosci at <b>USC</b> since <b>2005</b> (formerly at Univ of &nbsp;Iowa).

worked under Norm Geschwind.;</p>

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Univ Prof at USC and Head of Brain and Creativity Instit.</p>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Emotion plays a central role in social cognition and decision-making.</p>

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May 16, 2010 5:08 PM

His talk at TSC &nbsp;(I have the dvd)</p>

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Global Workspace Baars &nbsp;&nbsp;vs Neural Self him &nbsp;&nbsp;not a competition

rather they are complementary.</p>

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Consc is wakefulness, mind, &nbsp;then self;</p>

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Mind &nbsp;repres of objects and events &nbsp;inside and outside the orgamism.</p>

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detailed maps. &nbsp;interoception</p>

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SELF: &nbsp;the assembly of a neural surrogate of the organism; &nbsp;toward which images are &nbsp;...</p>

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SENSE of Agency.</p>

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even bacteria have social behavior, &nbsp;gang fights.</p>

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Protoself: &nbsp;sponatn feelings of a living body.

generates the feeling of being.</p>

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brainstem &nbsp;gen the feeling of living existence.</p>

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parabrachial nucleus &nbsp;PBN

90% of apin &nbsp;&nbsp;recursive connections.</p>

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LOOP &nbsp;a fusion of body and brainstem; &nbsp;tight feedback witht the body.</p>

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AP is the area postrema &nbsp;(records the internal milieu)</p>

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PAG is the periaqeductal gray ... &nbsp;anger, fear, happi, joy.</p>

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