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Descartes' Error Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

Paperback • 1996 • English

Descartes' Error Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

By Antonio R. Damasio

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Descartes' Error offers the scientific basis for ending the division between mind and body. Antonio Damasio contends that rational decisions are not the product of logic alone - they require the support of emotion and feeling. Drawing on his experience with neurological patients affected with brain damage, Dr Damasio shows how absence of emotions and feelings can break down rationality. He also offers a new perspective on what emotions and feelings actually are: a direct view of our own body sta...Show more

Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints
Psychology of ageing
Psychology: emotions

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9780333656563

Publisher

Papermac

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Descartes' Error Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

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Paperback

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