Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain / Antonio R. Damasio.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Avon Books, 1995, c1994.Description: xix, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0380726475
  • 9780380726479
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QP 401 .D2 1995
Contents:
Unpleasantness in Vermont -- Gage's brain revealed -- A modern Phineas Gage -- In colder blood -- Assembling an explanation -- Biological regulation and survival -- Emotions and feelings -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- Testing the somatic-marker hypothesis -- The body-minded brain -- A passion for reasoning -- Postscriptum.
Summary: In this wondrously lucid and engaging book, renowned neurologist Antonio Damasio demonstrates what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection QP 401 .D2 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98652023

Unpleasantness in Vermont -- Gage's brain revealed -- A modern Phineas Gage -- In colder blood -- Assembling an explanation -- Biological regulation and survival -- Emotions and feelings -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- Testing the somatic-marker hypothesis -- The body-minded brain -- A passion for reasoning -- Postscriptum.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-297) and index.

In this wondrously lucid and engaging book, renowned neurologist Antonio Damasio demonstrates what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking.

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