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The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness

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Applied Somatic grounding of consciousness

By Antonio Damasio

Summary

Three layers: proto-self (neural map of body state in brainstem), core consciousness (feeling of proto-self modified by interaction with object), extended consciousness (autobiographical self). Consciousness is fundamentally emotional — feelings evolved from homeostatic regulation.

Why It Matters

Revolutionary: *feeling* is consciousness's core, not a peripheral add-on. Brainstem, not cortex, generates consciousness foundation.

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