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Hanna DamasioUniversity Professor, Dana Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and NeurologyContact Information E-mail: hdamasio@college.usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-0731 Office: DNI 265 LINKS Curriculum Vitae Dornsife Neuroscience Imaging Center Brain and Creativity Institute |
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| HANNA DAMASIO, M.D. Hanna Damasio M.D. is University Professor, Dana Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of Southern California. She is also an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California. Until 2005 she was a Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, where she directed the Human Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging Laboratory. Using computerized tomography and magnetic resonance scanning, she developed methods of investigating human brain structure and studied functions such as language, memory and emotion, using both the lesion method and functional neuroimaging. Besides her numerous scientific articles she is the author of the award-winning Lesion Analysis in Neuropsychology (Oxford University Press), which has been used worldwide in brain-imaging work, and of Human Brain Anatomy in Computerized Images (also Oxford University Press), the first brain atlas based on computerized imaging data, now in its second edition. Her research has received continuous Federal support for over two decades. Hanna Damasio is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Neurological Association. She recently shared the Signoret Prize in cognitive neuroscience with Antonio Damasio for their pioneering work in social cognition. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Lisbon and Aachen. The Dornsife Imaging Center is dedicated to elucidating the neurobiology of mind and behavior, in health and disease, using state-of-the-art brain imaging technology. The Center works closely with the Brain and Creativity Institute whose activity is aimed at illuminating the brain basis of social behaviors (ranging from moral judgments and communication to economic decisions), normal and pathological cognitive development in children, consciousness, and the processes of creativity in art, science and technology. (For more information go to the Dornsife Imaging Center website at http://brainimaging.usc.edu and the Brain and Creativity Institute website at http://www.usc.edu/bci/) | |
Education |
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 MD , University of Lisbon Medical School, 1/1969
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Honorary Doctorate , University of Aachen
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Honorary Doctorate , University of Lisbon
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Tenure Track Appointments |
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University Professor, Dana Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience; Director, Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center; Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Southern California, 07/01/2005-
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Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1985-
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Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1977-
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Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1998-07/01/2005
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Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1981-01/01/1985
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments |
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Distinguished Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa, 07/01/2005-
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Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Ca, 01/01/1994-
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Instructor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1976-01/01/1977
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Other Employment |
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Co-Director, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1985-01/01/2004
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Director, Laboratory for Neuroimaging and Human Neuroanatomy, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1982-01/01/2004
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Director, The Migraine Clinic, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1977-01/01/1988
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Fellow-Associate, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 06/01/1976-10/01/1975
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Hanna Damasio pioneered the use of brain imaging methods in the study of brain lesions, such as computerized tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, which can be used for diagnosing all of the diseases that affect the brain. She is director of the USC Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center. The second edition of Damasio's detailed atlas of the human brain based on computerized images Human Brain Anatomy in Computerized Images, which is a a standard reference in the field, was published in 2005. Her award-winning book Lesion Analysis in Neuropsychology is widely used by neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, psychiatrists, and neuroscientists, as well as, medical and neuroscience students. She is the author of numerous papers on the neuroanatomical substrates of higher brain function. | |
Publications |
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Book Chapter |
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Damasio, H., Damasio, A.
(2007).
Social Conduct, Neurobiology, and Education in "Learning in the Global Era". pp. 104-117. University of California Press.
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Damasio, H.
(2007).
Neural Basis of Language Disorder, in "Language Intervention Strategies in Aphasia". Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
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Journal Article |
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Aziz-Zadeh, L., Sheng, T., Liew, S. L., Damasio, H.
(2011).
Understanding otherness: the neural bases of action comprehension and Pain empathy in a congenital amputee. Cerebral Cortex. http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/07/06/cercor.bhr139.full
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Meyer, K., Kaplan, J., Essex, R., Damasio, H., Damasio, A.
(2011).
Seeing touch is correlated with content-specific activity in primary sensory cortex. Cerebral Cortex.
Vol. 21, pp. 2113--2121. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhq289
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Cavaco, S., Anderson, S. W., Correia, M., Magalhaes, M., Pereira, C., Tuna, A., Taipa, R., Pinto, P., Cruz, R., Lima, A. B., Castro-Caldas, A., da Silva, A. M., Damasio, H.
(2011).
Task-specific contribution of the human striatum to perceptual-motor skill learning. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
Vol. 33 (1), pp. 51-62.
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Meyer, K., Kaplan, J. T., Essex, R., Webber, C., Damasio, H., Damasio, A.
(2010).
Predicting visual stimuli based on activity in auditory cortices. Nature Neuroscience.
Vol. 13 (6), pp. 667-668.
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Young, L., Bechara, A., Tranel, D., Damasio, H., Hauser, M., Damasio, A.
(2010).
Damage to ventromedial prefrontal cortex impairs judgment of harmful intent. Neuron.
Vol. 65, pp. 1-7.
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Gläscher, J., Rudrauf, D., Colom, R., Paul, L. K., Tranel, D., Damasio, H., Adolphs, R.
(2010).
Distributed neural system for general intelligence revealed by lesion mapping. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Vol. 107 (10), pp. 4705-4709.
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Joshi, A. A., Pantazis, D., Li, Q., Damasio, H., Shattuck, D. W., Toga, A. W., Leahy, R. M.
(2010).
Sulcal set optimization for cortical surface registration. NeuroImage.
Vol. 50 (3,15), pp. 950-959.
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Pantazis, D., Joshi, A., Jintao, J., Shattuck, D., Bernstein, L., Damasio, H., Leahy, R.
(2010).
Comparison of landmark-based and automatic methods for cortical surface registration. NeuroImage.
Vol. 49 (3), pp. 2479-2493.
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Immordino-Yang, M. H., McColl, A., Damasio, H., Damasio, A.
(2009).
Neural correlates of admiration and compassion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Vol. 106 (19), pp. 8021-8026.
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Gläscher, J., Tranel, D., Paul, L. K., Rudrauf, D., Rorden, C., Hornaday, A., Grabowsky, T., Damasio, H., Adolphs, R.
(2009).
Lesion Mapping of Cognitive Abilities Linked to Intelligence. Neuron.
Vol. 61, pp. 681-691.
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Rudrauf, D., Lachaux, J., Damasio, A., Baillet, S., Hugueville, L., Martinerie, J., Damasio, H., Renaut, B.
(2009).
Enter feelings: somatosensory responses following early stages of visual induction of emotion. Int J Psychophysiology.
Vol. 72 (1), pp. 13-23. 50.
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Tranel, D., Vianna, E., Manzel, K., Damasio, H., Grabowski, T. Neuroanatomical correlates of the Benton Facial Recognition Test and Judgment of Line Orientation Test., Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2009;
Vol. 31
(2): 219-233.
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Allen, J. S., Emmorey, K., Bruss, J., Damasio, H.
(2009).
Morphology of the insula in relation to hearing status and sign language experience. Journal of Neuroscience.
Vol. 28 (46), pp. 11900-5. 53.
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Anderson, S., Wisnowski, J., Barrash, J., Damasio, H., Tranel, D. Consistency of neuropsychological outcome following damage to prefrontal cortex in the first years of life., Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2008.
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Allen, J., Bruss, J., Mehta, S., Grabowski, T., Damasio, H. Effects of spatial transformation on regional brain volume estimates., Neuroimage 2008;
Vol. 42: 535-547.
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Rudrauf, D., Mehta, S., Bruss, J., Tranel, D., Damasio, H., Grabowski, T. Thresholding lesion overlap difference maps: Application to naming and recognition deficits in various categories of concrete entities., Neuroimage 2008;
Vol. 41: 970-984.
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Tranel, D., Rudrauf, D., Vianna, E., Damasio, H. Does the Clock Drawing Test have focal neuroanatomical correlates? Neuropsychology 22: 5:553 – 562, 2008., Neuropsychology 2008;
Vol. 22
(5): 553-562.
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Clark, L., Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Aitken, M. R., Sahakian, B. J., Robbins, T. W.
(2008).
Differential effects of insular and ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions on risky decision-making. Brain.
Vol. 131 (Pt 5), pp. 1311-22. 65.
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Anderson, S., Aksan, N., Kochanska, G., Damasio, H., Wisnowski, J., Afifi, A. The earliest behavioral expression of focal damage to human prefrontal cortex., Cortex 2007;
Vol. 43: 801-816.
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Naqvi, N., Rudrauf, D., Damasio, H., Bechara, A. Damage to the insula disrupts addiction to cigarette smoking., Science 2007;
Vol. 315: 531-534.
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Anderson, S., Rizzo, M., Skaar, N., Stierman, L., Cavaco, S., Damasio, H., Dawson, J. Amnesia and driving., Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2007;
Vol. 29: 1-12.
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Preston, S., Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Grabowski, T., Stansfield, B., Mehta, S., Damasio, A. The neural substrates of cognitive empathy., Social Neuroscience 2007;
Vol. 2
(3 & 4): 254-275.
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Bechara, A., Damasio, H. C., Tranel, D. n., Damasio, A. R.
(2005).
The Iowa gambling task (IGT) and the somatic marker hypothesis (SMH): Some questions and answers. Cognitive Sciences.
Vol. 9, pp. p. 159-162.
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Honors and Awards |
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USC Endowed Chair, Dana Dornsife Chair in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2/1/2006-
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Doctor Honoris Causa, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Institute of Technology), 10/2011
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USC University Professor, 1/2011
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Honorary Citizen of Porto, City of Science, Porto, 2005
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Jean-Louis Signoret Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2004
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Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Aachen, 2002
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Listed in Best Doctors in America under Neurology, 2002
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Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Lisbon, 2001
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Named Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa Foundation, 1998
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Prize for Outstanding Book in Bio and Medical Sciences, 1989, from the Professional and Scholarly Book Division of the Association of American Publishers for "Lesion Analysis in Neuropsychology", 1998
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Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997
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Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship Recipient, Order of Santiago da Espada (Grand Oficial), 1995
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Elected to the American Neurological Association, 1995
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Pessoa Prize, 1992
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