Antonio Damasio

Portuguese neuroscientist (born 1944) Antonio DamasioDamasio at the Fronteiras do Pensamento conference in 2013BornAntónio Damásio (1944-02-25) 25 February 1944 (age 82)Lisbon, PortugalEducationUniversity of LisbonSpouseHanna DamasioAwardsPessoa Prize (1992)Golden Brain Award (1995)Prince of Asturias Prize (2005)Honda Prize (2010)Grawemeyer Award in Psychology (2014) Paul D. MacLean Award (2019)Scientific careerFieldsCognitive neuroscienceWorkplacesUniversity of Southern California, University of IowaThesis Perturbações neurológicas da linguagem e de outras funções simbólicas (1974)Academic advisorsNorman Geschwind Councilor of StateIn office24 April 2017 – 14 February 2024PresidentMarcelo Rebelo de SousaPreceded byAntónio GuterresSucceeded byJoana Carneiro Antonio Damasio (Portuguese: António Damásio; born 25 February 1944) is a Portuguese neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio hea