Self Comes to Mind Constructing the Conscious Brain

<p><b>‘Will give pleasure to anyone interested in original thinking about the brain...Breathtakingly original’ <i>Financial Times </i></b><br><br><b>The trailblazing investigation of a question that has confounded us for centuries: how is consciousness created? </b><br><br><br>In<i> Self Comes to Mind</i>, world-renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio goes against the long-standing idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness - what we think of as a mind with a self - is in fact a biological process created by a living organism. His view entails a radical change in the way the history of the conscious mind is viewed and told, suggesting that the brain’s development of a human self is a challenge to nature’s indifference.<br><br><br><b>Groundbreaking ideas and beautifully written, this is essential reading for anyone curious about the foundations of mind and self.</b></p>