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From bacteria to Bach, the origins of culture
Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, is one of the…
- Nathan Gardels
- The Washington Post
WorldPost: I first heard your name when the cellist YoYo Ma told me about your book “Descartes’ Error,” which he said helped answer some key questions he had about how virtuosity and creativity come about in music — not by reason alone but through the…
Antonio Damasio: When I think of “Descartes’ Error” today, almost 25 years later, I find it timid in spite of the title and the fact that it addressed the…