Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Antonio DamasioAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2005-09-01Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143036227ISBN-10:014303622XUPC:9780143036227Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, EmotionsSize:7.74 x 5.08 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCSFACJ60S
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
"An ambitious and meticulous foray into the nature of being." -- The Boston Globe A landmark exploration of the relationship between emotion and reason Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143036227ISBN-10:014303622XUPC:9780143036227Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, EmotionsSize:7.74 x 5.08 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCSFACJ60S
Antonio Damasio, a neurologist and neuroscientist, is at the University of Southern California, where he directs a new brain research institute dedicated to the study of emotion and creativity. He is also an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. The recipient of numerous awards (several shared with his wife Hanna Damasio, also a neurologist and neuroscientist), he is a member of the Institute...
Publisher: Penguin Books
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