Descartes' Error
Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
Antonio Damasio
Ruw / Direct
Series / Reeksen
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 function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes’ Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—"one ...
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