Descartes' Error : Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Damasio, Antonio

ISBN 10: 0399138943 / ISBN 13: 9780399138942

Published by Grosset/Putnam, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Descartes' Error : Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
• Publisher: Grosset/Putnam
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399138943
• ISBN 13: 9780399138942
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Linking the process of rational decision making to emotions, an award-winning scientist who has done extensive research with brain-damaged patients notes the dependence of thought processes on feelings and the body's survival-oriented regulators. 50,000 first printing.

About the Author

Antonio R. Damasio, M.D., Ph.D., is the M. W. Van Allen Professor of Neurology and head of the department of neurology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City. He is also adjunct professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California.