Orson Wells of Neurology

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"I've always been interested in a sen of my life's work is to explain why people believe weird things," he says. "The new book calls attention to the fact that if consciousness has a beginning, as a sort of inaugural event, is feeling." He adds: 'Emotion is something that has to do with actions and its really about acting'

In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the problem of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings across multiple scientific disciplines have given us a way to understand consciousness and its significance for human life. In his latest work, Feeling & Knowing, Damasio helps us understand why being conscious is not the same as sensing, why nervous systems are essential for the development of feelings, and why feeling opens the way to consciousness writ large. He combines the latest discoveries in various sciences with philosophy and discusses his original research, which has transformed our understanding of the brain and human behavior.