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The feeling of what happens : body, emotion and the making of consciousness

By: Publication details: London : Vintage, 2000.Description: 386 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0099288761
  • 9780099288763
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 311 DAM
Contents:
Introduction. Stepping into the light -- Feeling and knowing. Emotion and feeling -- Core consciousness -- The hint half hinted -- A biology for knowing. The organism and the object -- The making of core consciousness -- Extended consciousness -- The neurology of consciousness -- Bound to know. Feeling feelings -- Using consciousness -- Under the light -- Appendix. Notes on mind and brain.
Summary: A leading expert of the neurophysiology of emotions, Damasio shows how our consciousness arose out of the development of emotion. At its core human consciousness is consciousness of the feeling and experiencing self.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library Arts Therapy Arts Therapy BF 311 DAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0016754
Book Book Whitecliffe Library Arts Therapy Arts Therapy BF 311 DAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 0016755

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Stepping into the light -- Feeling and knowing. Emotion and feeling -- Core consciousness -- The hint half hinted -- A biology for knowing. The organism and the object -- The making of core consciousness -- Extended consciousness -- The neurology of consciousness -- Bound to know. Feeling feelings -- Using consciousness -- Under the light -- Appendix. Notes on mind and brain.

A leading expert of the neurophysiology of emotions, Damasio shows how our consciousness arose out of the development of emotion. At its core human consciousness is consciousness of the feeling and experiencing self.

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