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Antonio Damasio

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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 heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books: his work, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain (2010), explores the relationship between the brain and consciousness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Damasio is the 55th most popular psychologist (up from 71st in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 83rd in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Antonio Damasio ranks 55 out of 235. Before him are Ernst Heinrich Weber, Elton Mayo, Kurt Koffka, Solomon Asch, Sándor Ferenczi, and Martin Seligman. After him are Roger Wolcott Sperry, Raymond Cattell, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Pierre Janet, Stanley Milgram, and Alice Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Antonio Damasio ranks 71. Before him are Mairead Maguire, Bernhard Schlink, John Rhys-Davies, Thein Sein, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, and Serge Haroche. After him are Askar Akayev, Sylvie Vartan, Luigi Riva, Kunishige Kamamoto, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Jonathan Demme.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Antonio Damasio ranks 77 out of 633. Before him are Isaac Abarbanel (1437), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Carmen Miranda (1909), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Jorge Jesus (1954), and Diogo Dias (1450). After him are Viriathus (-180), Francisco de Almeida (1450), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843), and Diego Columbus (1479).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Portugal

Among psychologists born in Portugal, Antonio Damasio ranks 1. 

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