TY  - BOOK
AU  - Damasio,Antonio R.
TI  - Descartes' error: emotion, reason, and the human brain 
SN  - 0380726475
AV  - QP 401 .D2 1995
PY  - 1995///, c1994
CY  - New York
PB  - Avon Books
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Physiological aspects
KW  - Reason
KW  - Neuropsychology
KW  - physiology
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -