The feeling of what happens: Body Emotion and Making of Consciousness

A breathtaking and original perspective...stunning...compelling and convincing...written in a language that manages simultaneously to be sturdily hard-headed and gloriously poetic: a gem' ANTHONY CLARE,SUNDAY TIMES Compelling ... a story told with clarity and pace, unencumbered by unnecessary technical jargon and illustrated with insightful clinical anecdotes 'THE TIMES One of the world's leading experts on the neurophysiology of emotions , Professor Damasio shows how our consciousness, our sense of being, arose out of the development of emotion. At its core, human consciousness of the feeling, experiencing self, the very thought of oneself. Brilliantly wide ranging in his scope, Damasio illustrates his thesis with fascinating and illuminating neurological case studies that are both stimulating and provocative. A fascinating and suggestive book :LITERARY REVIEW There are few more interesting subjects in the world that the source and workings of consciousness and rarely has there been an author better qualified to explain them. Both Descartes error and the feeling of what happens are essential reading. They are groundbreaking classics of psychology and neuroscience. These are books to buy, keep and ponder upon. Do so, and will be ahead of the ruck by at least a decade.