The Feeling of What Happens

Description

"In this book, neuroscientist and humanist Antonio R. Damasio brings a lifetime of research and a literary gift to the last frontier of brain research - the mystery of consciousness. How is it that we know that we know? How is it that our conscious and private minds have a sense of self? These are the questions he considers in The Feeling of What Happens."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

I have always been intrigued by the specific moment when, as we sit waiting in the audience, the door to the stage opens and a performer steps into the light; or, to take the other perspective, the moment when a performer who waits in semidarkness sees the same door open, revealing the lights, the stage, and the audience.

Excerpt

I have always been intrigued by the specific moment when, as we sit waiting in the audience, the door to the stage opens and a performer steps into the light; or, to take the other perspective, the moment when a performer who waits in semidarkness sees the same door open, revealing the lights, the stage, and the audience.

Subjects

Other Editions

• The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of ConsciousnessHarcourt1999-09-27
• The feeling of what happensHarcourt Brace & Co.1999-01-01
• The Feeling of What HappensHarcourt1999-09-01
• The Feeling of What HappensPaperbackVintage2000-10-05
• The Feeling of What HappensVintage2000-10-05