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In this wondrously lucid and engaging book, renowned neurologist Antonio Damasio demonstrates what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking. Descartes' Error takes the reader on an enthralling journey of scientific discovery, starting with the case of Phineas Gage--a construction foreman who in 1848 survived a freak accident in which a 3 1/2 foot iron rod passed through his head--and continuing on to Damasio's experiences with modern-day neurological patients affected by brain damage. Far from interfering with rationality, his research shows us, the absence of emotion and feeling can break down rationality and make wise decision making almost impossible.
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Descartes' Error, Antonio R. Damasio
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- Année de publication
- 1994
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- Titre
- Descartes' Error
- Sous-titre
- Emotion, reason and the human brain
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Antonio R. Damasio
- Éditeur
- Avion Books
- Publié
- 1994
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0380726475
- ISBN13
- 9780380726479
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Science et Mathématiques, Sciences naturelles, Philosophie, Psychologie, Biologie, Science, Émotions, Étude, Neurosciences, Études académiques, Cerveau, Physiologie, Neuropsychologie, Psychologie évolutive
- Première publication
- 1994
- Titre original
- Descartes´Error. Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
- Évaluation
- 3,95 sur 5
- Description
- In this wondrously lucid and engaging book, renowned neurologist Antonio Damasio demonstrates what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking. Descartes' Error takes the reader on an enthralling journey of scientific discovery, starting with the case of Phineas Gage--a construction foreman who in 1848 survived a freak accident in which a 3 1/2 foot iron rod passed through his head--and continuing on to Damasio's experiences with modern-day neurological patients affected by brain damage. Far from interfering with rationality, his research shows us, the absence of emotion and feeling can break down rationality and make wise decision making almost impossible.