Antonio Damasio

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Antonio Damasio
Damasio at the Fronteiras do Pensamento conference in 2013.
Born	(1944-02-25) 25 February 1944 (age 80) Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Spouse	Hanna Damasio
Awards	Pessoa Prize (1992) Golden Brain Award (1995) Prince of Asturias Prize (2005) Honda Prize (2010) Grawemeyer Award in Psychology (2014) Paul D. MacLean Award (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Cognitive Neuroscience
Institutions	University of Southern California, University of Iowa
Thesis	Perturbações neurológicas da linguagem e de outras funções simbólicas  (1974)
Councilor of State
In office 24 April 2017 – 14 February 2024
President	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Preceded by	António Guterres
Succeeded by	Joana Carneiro
Website	www.antoniodamasio.com

Antonio Damasio (Portuguese: António Damásio) is a Portuguese neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute.^[1] He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years.^[2] Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books: his work, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain (2010), explores the relationship between the brain and consciousness.^[3] Damasio's research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making.^[4]