DESCARTES' ERROR Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

ISBN: 0399138943

Author: Antonio R. Damasio

Condition: New

This book starts with the story of Phineas Gage, the famous 19th-century case of behavioral change that followed brain damage, and is followed by the contemporary recreation of Gage's brain. The author uses his own experiences with neurological patients affected by brain damage, to show how the absence of emotion and feeling can destroy rationality. The book is written with clarity and grace and is certain to start impassioned debate about the origin of reason in the brain, and about the relationship between mind and body in general. Book is first printing; 313 pages not including table of contents and introduction; books is in very fine condition; dj is in very fine condition;