Self Comes to Mind

A profound and groundbreaking new book telling the story of consciousness and the human mind, from one of the world's leading neuroscientists.'Will give pleasure to anyone interested in original thinking about the brain...Breathtakingly original' Financial TimesThe trailblazing investigation of a question that has confounded us for centuries- how is consciousness created?In Self Comes to Mind, world-renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio goes against the long-standing idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness - what we think of as a mind with a self - is in fact a biological process created by a living organism. His view entails a radical change in the way the history of the conscious mind is viewed and told, suggesting that the brain's development of a human self is a challenge to nature's indifference.Groundbreaking ideas and beautifully written, this is essential reading for anyone curious about the foundations of mind and self.

“Breathtakingly original”

Financial Times
Awareness may be mostly mystery, but Damasio shapes its hints and glimmerings into an imaginative, informed narrative Kirkus
The marvel of reading Damasio's book is to be convinced one can follow the brain at work as it makes the private reality that is the deepest self V. S. Naipaul
Damasio's most ambitious work yet. It is a lucid and important work Word
The epicenter of Self Comes to Mind concerns the neurological basis for cognition and the issue of the superposition of a "self' onto the construct which we address as reality. Damasio is both eloquent and scholarly. His command of the themes he approaches is impressive, as is the vigor with which he tackles such recondite issues as the elusive "self," inside the head. A wonderful read, and a recommended one! -- Rodolfo R. Llinás, New York University

ANTONIO DAMASIO is University Professor, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Neurology, and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Damasio's other books include Descartes' Error; The Feeling of What Happens; and Looking for Spinoza. He has received the Honda Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, and, shared with his wife Hanna, the Pessoa, Signoret, and Cozzarelli prizes. Damasio is a fellow of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He lives in Los Angeles.

'Breathtakingly original' Financial Times From one of the most important neuroscientists at work today, a path-breaking investigation of a question that has confounded neurologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists and psychologists for centuries: how is consciousness created? Antonio Damasio has spent the past thirty years studying and writing about how the brain operates, and his work has garnered acclaim for its singular melding of the scientific and the humanistic. In Self Comes to Mind , he goes against the long-standing idea that consciousness is somehow separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness - what we think of as a mind with a self - is in fact a biological process created by a living organism. The result is a groundbreaking investigative journey into the neurobiological foundations of mind and self. 'Intriguing...introduces some novel ideas' New Scientist 'The marvel of reading Damasio's book is to be convinced one can follow the brain at work as it makes the private reality that is the deepest self' V. S. Naipaul 'Lucid, elegantly written, and punctuated by humor... This is an exciting book by a wonderful thinker' Siri Hustvedt

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