Antonio Damasio
Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Dr. Antonio R. Damasio is Maurice Van Allen Professor and head of the Department of Neurology in the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Damasio also serves as an adjunct professor with the Salk Institute and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and several other societies, boards of leading neuroscience journals and research foundations.

MD, University of Lisbon Medical School, Portugal; Doctorate, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Research Interests: The neurobiology of the mind, specifically the understanding of the neural systems which subserve memory, language, emotion, and decision-making.

Clinical Interests: Disorders of behavior and cognition, Movement disorders

Contact Information:

antonio-damasio@uiowa.edu

http://www.uihealthcare.com/DeptsClinicalServices/Neurology/NeurologyMDs/DamasioA.html

Books:

• Damasio, Antonio. (1994). Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain. New York, NY: Avon Books.
• Damasio, Antonio. (1999). The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company.

Updated April 18, 2000