About

Antonio R. Damasio
David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Neurology

Contact Information
Office: HNB 126
Phone: (213) 740-3462
E-mail: damasio@usc.edu

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Website
 

Education
MD , University of Lisbon Medical School, 1/1969
Ph.D. , University of Lisbon, 1/1974
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, University of Southern California, 04/01/2006-  
Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Southern California, University of Southern California, 07/01/2005-  
Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1980-01/01/1985  
Associate Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1976-01/01/1977  
 

Non-Tenure Track Appointments
Distinguished Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa, 07/01/2005-  
Adjunct Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Ca, 01/01/1989-  
 

Other Employment
Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, 07/02/2005-  
Chief, Division of Behavioral Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1977-  
Van Allen Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1989-07/01/2005  
Head, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1986-01/01/2005  
Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Iowa, 01/01/1985-01/01/2005  
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1975-01/01/1976  
Professor Auxiliar in Neurology, University of Lisbon Medical School, 01/01/1974-01/01/1975  
Chief, Language Research Laboratory, Center de Estudos Egas Moniz, 01/01/1971-01/01/1974  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Antonio Damasio is an internationally recognized leader in neuroscience. His research has helped to elucidate the neural basis for the emotions and has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making. His work has also had a major influence on current understanding of the neural systems, which underlie memory, language and consciousness. Damasio directs the USC Brain and Creativity Institute.
 

Publications

Book
Damasio, A. (2005). Descartes' Error. 10th Anniversary edition, with a new author preface. New York, New York: Descartes' Error. 10th Anniversary edition, with a new author preface/Penguin Books.
Damasio, A. (2003). Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain. New York, New York: Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain/Harcourt.
Damasio, A. (1999). The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. New York, New York: The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness/Harcourt.
Damasio, A. (1994). Descartes' Error. New York, New York: Descartes' Error/Grosset/Putnam.
 

Journal Article
Parvizi, J. |. (2006). Neural connections of the posteromedial cortex in the macaque: Implications for the understanding of the neural basis of consciousness. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. pp. p.vol. 103.
 

Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works
Self Comes to Mind Musical piece with text and film authored by A. Damasio, H. Damasio, B. Adolphe, performed by Yo-Yo Ma at the American Museum of Natural History, 05/2009  
 

Honors and Awards
Endowed Chair, David Dornsife Chair in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2/1/2006-  
Awarded Honorary Professorship by Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2005-  
Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research, 2005-  
Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, International Psychoanalytical Association, 2004-  
Signoret Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2004-  
Nonino Prize, 2003-  
Doctor Honoris Causa (D. Phil. Hc.), University of Aachen, 2002-  
Listed in Best Doctors in America under Neurology, 2002-  
Medal from the Queen Sofia Center for the Study of Violence, Spain, 2002-  
Named a “Highly Cited Researcher” in neuroscience by the Institute for Scientific Information, 2002-  
The Arnold Pfeffer Prize, 2002-  
Premier Prix du Livre Scientifique 2000, from “Science et Vie”, 2000-  
The Reenpää Prize, Finland, 2000-  
The Ariëns Kappers Medal, from the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1999-  
Elected to Association of American Physicians, 1998-  
Elected to Permanent Membership, Belgium’s Royal Society of Medicine, 1998-  
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997-  
Elected to Neurosciences Research Program, 1997-  
Prix Plasticité Neuronale, Ipsen Foundation, 1997-  
Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, 1995-  
Golden Brain Award, 1995-  
Order of Santiago da Espada (Grand Oficial), 1995-  
Elected to the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993-  
Pessoa Prize, 1992-  
Elected Correspondent to the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, 1991-  
Nelson Urban Research Award from The Mental Health Association of Iowa, 1990-  
William Beaumont Prize from the American Medical Association, 1990-  
Distinguished Lecturer, University of Southern California, 1985-  
First Pfizer Prize to the best research paper in the Clinical Sciences given by the Sociedade de Ciencias Medicas, 1974-  
British Council Research and Training Award, 1970-  
Boheringer Prize (best student in Medical Pharmacology), 1966-  
 
 
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