Descartes' error : emotion, reason, and the human brain / Antonio Damasio.

By:

Damasio, Antonio R [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

014303622X
9780143036227

Other title:

Emotion, reason, and the human brain

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

612.8232 23

LOC classification:

QP401 .D2 2005

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	South Campus South Campus Main Collection	612.8232 DAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A537497B

"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.

"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.

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