Damasio, Antonio R., <br/><br/>
Descartes' error :  emotion, reason, and the human brain / 
 Emotion, reason, and the human brain 
Antonio Damasio. 
 - xxiii, 312 pages :  illustrations ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> "First published in the United States of American by G.P. Putnam's Sons ... 1994"--Title page verso.  "Includes a new preface"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 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/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>014303622X 9780143036227 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, E Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136  SAN 282-5074 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006276129 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emotions--Physiological aspects.<br/>Reason--Physiological aspects.<br/>Neuropsychology.<br/>Emotions--Physiology.<br/>Emotions--physiology.<br/>Neuropsychology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP401  / .D2 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>612.8232