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I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

~Antonio Damasio

Topics: Continue Decisions Fact Fascinated Feelings Help Just Reach Reason Shady Side Us Well

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In 'Self Comes to Mind' I pay a lot of attention to simple creatures without brains or minds, because those 'cartooned abstractions of who we are' operate on precisely the same principles that we do.

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Topics: Abstraction Attention Because Brains Creatures Lot Mind Minds Operate Pay Precisely Principles Same Self Simple Those Who Without

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When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can find evidence for it in nonhuman species - the brain processes it at a faster speed. Compassion for mental pain took many seconds longer.

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Topics: Brain Compassion Deal Evidence Evolution Faster Find Know Like Longer Many Mental Old Pain Physical Physical Pain Processes Seconds Something Species Speed Took Very Which You

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Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.

~Antonio Damasio

Topics: Being Certain Driving Emotions Intelligent Luxury Organism Outcomes Rather Than Toward Very Way

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Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those instruments allow us some measure of freedom in the confrontation with nature.

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Topics: Allow Art Confrontation Consciousness Culture Develop Economics Freedom Instruments Justice Measure Morality Nature Permits Politics Religion Science Science And Technology Some Technology Those Us

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We do not merely perceive objects and hold thoughts in our minds: all our perceptions and thought processes are felt. All have a distinctive component that announces an unequivocal link between images and the existence of life in our organism.

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Topics: Between Component Distinctive Existence Felt Hold Images Life Link Merely Minds Objects Organism Our Perceive Perceptions Processes Thought Thoughts

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Interestingly enough, not all feelings result from the body's reaction to external stimuli. Sometimes changes are purely simulated in the brain maps.

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Topics: Body Brain Changes Enough External Feelings Interestingly Maps Purely Reaction Result Sometimes Stimuli

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Consciousness, much like our feelings, is based on a representation of the body and how it changes when reacting to certain stimuli. Self-image would be unthinkable without this representation.

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Topics: Based Body Certain Changes Consciousness Feelings How Like Much Our Reacting Representation Self-Image Stimuli Unthinkable Without Would

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Why do we have a brain in the first place? Not to write books, articles, or plays; not to do science or play music. Brains develop because they are an expedient way of managing life in a body.

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Topics: Articles Because Body Books Brain Brains Develop Expedient First First Place Life Managing Music Place Play Play Music Plays Science Way Why Write

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To me, body and mind are different aspects of specific biological processes.

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Biography

Nationality: Portuguese

Type: Scientist

Born: February 25th, 1944

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