Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain /
Damasio, Antonio R.
Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain / Antonio R. Damasio. - New York : Avon Books, 1995, c1994. - xix, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-297) and index.
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.
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.
0380726475 9780380726479
Emotions--Physiological aspects.
Reason--Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Emotions--physiology.
Neuropsychology.
QP 401 / .D2 1995
Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain / Antonio R. Damasio. - New York : Avon Books, 1995, c1994. - xix, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-297) and index.
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.
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.
0380726475 9780380726479
Emotions--Physiological aspects.
Reason--Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Emotions--physiology.
Neuropsychology.
QP 401 / .D2 1995