Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain /
Damasio, Antonio R.,
Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain / Emotion, reason, and the human brain Antonio Damasio. - xxiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
"First published in the United States of American by G.P. Putnam's Sons ... 1994"--Title page verso. "Includes a new preface"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
"Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior." --from back cover.
014303622X 9780143036227
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, E Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
2006276129
Emotions--Physiological aspects.
Reason--Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Emotions--Physiology.
Emotions--physiology.
Neuropsychology.
QP401 / .D2 2005
612.8232
Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain / Emotion, reason, and the human brain Antonio Damasio. - xxiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
"First published in the United States of American by G.P. Putnam's Sons ... 1994"--Title page verso. "Includes a new preface"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
"Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior." --from back cover.
014303622X 9780143036227
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, E Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
2006276129
Emotions--Physiological aspects.
Reason--Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Emotions--Physiology.
Emotions--physiology.
Neuropsychology.
QP401 / .D2 2005
612.8232