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

Damasio, Antonio R.

 
9780399138942: Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

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.

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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.

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