There are three levels of self to consider: the proto, the core, and the autobiographical. The first two are shared with many, many other species, and they are really coming out largely of the brain stem and whatever there is of cortex in those species.


Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness, Dec. 2011

António Damásio Quotes

There are three levels of self to consider: the proto, the core, and the autobiographical. The first two are shared with many, many other species,...

There are three levels of self to consider: the proto, the core, and the autobiographical. The first two are shared with many, many other species,...

There are three levels of self to consider: the proto, the core, and the autobiographical. The first two are shared with many, many other species,...

There are three levels of self to consider: the proto, the core, and the autobiographical. The first two are shared with many, many other species,...