# The quest to understand consciousness

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Antonio Damasio
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.

## Lectures

1. [The quest to understand consciousness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness/57356a5278de), 19 min (TED's player)