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Antonio Damasio Quotes

Imagine, for example, birds. When they look out at the world, they have a sense that they are alive. If they are in pain, they can do something about it. If they have hunger or thirst, they can satisfy that. It’s this basic feeling that there is life ticking away inside of you Picture Quote #1

Interestingly enough, not all feelings result from the body’s reaction to external stimuli. Sometimes changes are purely simulated in the brain maps Picture Quote #1

Why do we have a brain in the first place? Not to write books, articles, or plays; not to do science or play music. Brains develop because they are an expedient way of managing life in a body Picture Quote #1

In the heart of consciousness is subjectivity, this sense of having a self that observes one’s own organism and the world around that organism. That is really the heart of consciousness Picture Quote #1

When we talk about emotion, we really talk about a collection of behaviors that are produced by the brain. You can look at a person in the throes of an emotion and observe changes in the face, in the body posture, in the coloration of the skin and so on Picture Quote #1

For pure joy, I look at a small painting by Arbit Blatas. An ocean liner is at the center of the composition, perhaps ready to depart. It holds the promise of discovery Picture Quote #1

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We are not thinking machines that feel; rather, we are feeling machines that think Picture Quote #1

When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can find evidence for it in nonhuman species - the brain processes it at a faster speed. Compassion for mental pain took many seconds longer Picture Quote #1

A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a sort of witness to what is going on in our organisms Picture Quote #1

The autobiographical self has prompted extended memory, reasoning, imagination, creativity and language. And out of that came the instruments of culture - religions, justice, trade, the arts, science, technology Picture Quote #1

Scott Fitzgerald said famously that ‘he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for.’ But he also forgot that without consciousness, he would have no access to true happiness or even the possibility of transcendence Picture Quote #1

Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those instruments allow us some measure of freedom in the confrontation with nature Picture Quote #1

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We may smile and the dog may wag the tail, but in essence, we have a set program and those programs are similar across individuals in the species Picture Quote #1

We can be more or less conscious when you create grades of focus on a subject that is flowing in our stream of consciousness Picture Quote #1

We’re seeing it the same way, we’re hearing the same way, we have the same conception of the situation. And so, for all purposes, we are operating with a very similar perception Picture Quote #1

To me, body and mind are different aspects of specific biological processes Picture Quote #1

Emotions are enmeshed in the neural networks of reason Picture Quote #1

A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it Picture Quote #1

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Writing long hand is the last refuge. One needs the time it takes to put pencil to paper and let it run along the ruled line Picture Quote #1

Of necessity, the autobiographical self is not just about one individual but about all the others that an individual interacts with. Of necessity, it incorporates the culture in which the interactions took place Picture Quote #1

... I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and yet momentous coming of the sense of self into the world of the mental Picture Quote #1

I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patients also had major impairments in their ability to make decisions Picture Quote #1

We do not merely perceive objects and hold thoughts in our minds: all our perceptions and thought processes are felt. All have a distinctive component that announces an unequivocal link between images and the existence of life in our organism Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as a disembodied mind. The mind is implanted in the brain, and the brain is implanted in the body Picture Quote #1

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Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes Picture Quote #1

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well Picture Quote #1

Some of us, for better or worse, develop very stable, consistent, and largely predictable machineries of self. But in others, the self machinery is more flexible and more open to unexpected turns Picture Quote #1

Imagine, for example, birds. When they look out at the world, they have a sense that they are alive. If they are in pain, they can do something about it. If they have hunger or thirst, they can satisfy that. It’s this basic feeling that there is life ticking away inside of you Picture Quote #1

A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind Picture Quote #1

The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it’s the lived past and the anticipated future Picture Quote #1

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Imagine, for example, birds. When they look out at the world, they have a sense that they are alive. If they are in pain, they can do something about it. If they have hunger or thirst, they can satisfy that. It’s this basic feeling that there is life ticking away inside of you. (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Interestingly enough, not all feelings result from the body’s reaction to external stimuli. Sometimes changes are purely simulated in the brain maps. (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Why do we have a brain in the first place? Not to write books, articles, or plays; not to do science or play music. Brains develop because they are an expedient way of managing life in a body. (Antonio Damasio Quotes) In the heart of consciousness is subjectivity, this sense of having a self that observes one’s own organism and the world around that organism. That is really the heart of consciousness (Antonio Damasio Quotes) When we talk about emotion, we really talk about a collection of behaviors that are produced by the brain. You can look at a person in the throes of an emotion and observe changes in the face, in the body posture, in the coloration of the skin and so on (Antonio Damasio Quotes) For pure joy, I look at a small painting by Arbit Blatas. An ocean liner is at the center of the composition, perhaps ready to depart. It holds the promise of discovery (Antonio Damasio Quotes) We are not thinking machines that feel; rather, we are feeling machines that think (Antonio Damasio Quotes) When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can find evidence for it in nonhuman species - the brain processes it at a faster speed. Compassion for mental pain took many seconds longer (Antonio Damasio Quotes) A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a sort of witness to what is going on in our organisms (Antonio Damasio Quotes) The autobiographical self has prompted extended memory, reasoning, imagination, creativity and language. And out of that came the instruments of culture - religions, justice, trade, the arts, science, technology (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Scott Fitzgerald said famously that ‘he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for.’ But he also forgot that without consciousness, he would have no access to true happiness or even the possibility of transcendence (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those instruments allow us some measure of freedom in the confrontation with nature (Antonio Damasio Quotes) We may smile and the dog may wag the tail, but in essence, we have a set program and those programs are similar across individuals in the species (Antonio Damasio Quotes) We can be more or less conscious when you create grades of focus on a subject that is flowing in our stream of consciousness (Antonio Damasio Quotes) We’re seeing it the same way, we’re hearing the same way, we have the same conception of the situation. And so, for all purposes, we are operating with a very similar perception (Antonio Damasio Quotes) To me, body and mind are different aspects of specific biological processes (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Emotions are enmeshed in the neural networks of reason (Antonio Damasio Quotes) A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Writing long hand is the last refuge. One needs the time it takes to put pencil to paper and let it run along the ruled line (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Of necessity, the autobiographical self is not just about one individual but about all the others that an individual interacts with. Of necessity, it incorporates the culture in which the interactions took place (Antonio Damasio Quotes) ... I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and yet momentous coming of the sense of self into the world of the mental (Antonio Damasio Quotes) I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patients also had major impairments in their ability to make decisions (Antonio Damasio Quotes) We do not merely perceive objects and hold thoughts in our minds: all our perceptions and thought processes are felt. All have a distinctive component that announces an unequivocal link between images and the existence of life in our organism (Antonio Damasio Quotes) There is no such thing as a disembodied mind. The mind is implanted in the brain, and the brain is implanted in the body (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes (Antonio Damasio Quotes) I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Some of us, for better or worse, develop very stable, consistent, and largely predictable machineries of self. But in others, the self machinery is more flexible and more open to unexpected turns (Antonio Damasio Quotes) Imagine, for example, birds. When they look out at the world, they have a sense that they are alive. If they are in pain, they can do something about it. If they have hunger or thirst, they can satisfy that. It’s this basic feeling that there is life ticking away inside of you (Antonio Damasio Quotes) A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind (Antonio Damasio Quotes) The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it’s the lived past and the anticipated future (Antonio Damasio Quotes)

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