Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain / Antonio R. Damasio.
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TextPublication details: New York : Avon Books, 1995, c1994.Description: xix, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0380726475
- 9780380726479
- QP 401 .D2 1995
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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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