Hanna Damasio
University Professor
Dana Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and Director, Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center
Research Overview
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.A standard reference in the field, the second edition of Damasio's detailed atlas of the human brain based on computerized images, Human Brain Anatomy in Computerized Images, was published this past May. 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.
Contact Information
- Web Sites:
- Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center
Brain and Creativity Institute - E-mail:
- hdamasio@college.usc.edu
- Office Location:
- SGM 501
- Office Phone:
- (213) 821-0731
- Fax:
- (213) 740-5372
Education
- Honorary Doctorate University of Aachen,
- Honorary Doctorate University of Lisbon,
- MD University of Lisbon Medical School, 01/1969
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Selected Publications
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Glascher J, Tranel D, Paul LK, Rudrauf D, Rorden C, Hornaday A, Grabowski T, Damasio H, Adolphs R. (2009) Lesion mapping of cognitive abilities linked to intelligence. Neuron. 61(5):681-91. -PubMed
Immordino-Yang MH, McColl A, Damasio H, Damasio A. (2009) Neural correlates of admiration and compassion. Proc Natl Acad Sci May 12;106(19):8021-6. -PubMed
Anderson SW, Wisnowski JL, Barrash J, Damasio H, Tranel D. (2009) Consistency of
neuropsychological outcome following damage to prefrontal cortex in the first
years of life. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 31(2):170-9. -PubMed
Tranel D, Vianna E, Manzel K, Damasio H, Grabowski T. (2009) Neuroanatomical
correlates of the Benton Facial Recognition Test and Judgment of Line Orientation
Test. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 31(2):219-33. -PubMed
Rudrauf D, Lachaux JP, Damasio A, Baillet S, Hugueville L, Martinerie J, Damasio H, Renault B. (2009) Enter feelings: somatosensory responses following early stages of visual induction of emotion. Int J Psychophysiol. 72(1):13-23. -PubMed
Allen JS, Emmorey K, Bruss J, Damasio H. (2008) Morphology of the insula in relation to hearing status and sign language experience. J Neurosci. 28(46):11900-5. -PubMed
Allen JS, Bruss J, Mehta S, Grabowski T, Brown CK, Damasio H. (2008) Effects of spatial transformation on regional brain volume estimates. Neuroimage. 42(2):535-47. -PubMed
Rudrauf D, Mehta S, Bruss J, Tranel D, Damasio H, Grabowski TJ. (2008) Thresholding lesion overlap difference maps: application to category-related naming and recognition deficits. Neuroimage. 41(3):970-84. -PubMed
Clark L, Bechara A, Damasio H, Aitken MR, Sahakian BJ, Robbins TW. (2008) Differential effects of insular and ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions on risky decision-making. Brain. 131(Pt 5):1311-22. -PubMed
Naqvi NH, Rudrauf D, Damasio H, Bechara A. (2007) Damage to the insula disrupts addiction to cigarette smoking. Science. 315(5811):531-4. -PubMed