Damasio, Antonio R. <br/><br/>
Descartes' error :  emotion, reason, and the human brain / 
Antonio R. Damasio. 
 - New York :  Avon Books,  1995, c1994. 
 - xix, 312 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-297) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0380726475 9780380726479 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emotions--Physiological aspects.<br/>Reason--Physiological aspects.<br/>Neuropsychology.<br/>Emotions--physiology.<br/>Neuropsychology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP 401  / .D2 1995