Somatic Marker
The USC neuroscientist Antonio Damásio achieved the long-awaited integration of emotions into cognitive neuroscience, allowing us to understand emotions in the same way as vision and hearing.
His main interest is the biology of the mind as it relates to the neural systems, serving memory, language, and emotion.
His research has shown that emotions play a central role in comprehending social situations and decision-making.
In his books “Descartes’ Error” and “The feeling of what happens“, he describes many clinical studies and findings of his team on patients who have suffered brain damage through strokes, disease, or traumatic injuries. His team treats disorders of movement, behavior, and cognition.
“May I be excused, my brain is full?'”
