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Constructing the conscious brain, antonio damasio, director of the usc brain and creativity institute and david dornsife professor of. It is these issues that antonio damasio, a neurologist now based in california, has wrestled with in a series of books over the past two decades. He has won many honors and awards, including the arnold pfeffer prize 2002, the reenpaa prize in neuroscience 2000. Perhaps you looked up to him for years, or found one of his books by chance. Isbn 9788484326762 9788484326762 hardcover, critica grijalbo mondadori, 2006.
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