by Antonio R. Damasio · HarpPeren · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780380726479
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«Descartes' Error» is the neuroscience essay by Antonio R. Damasio, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Neurologist Antonio R. Damasio argues that emotions are essential to reason: when the ability to feel is lost, decision-making worsens. To illustrate this, he draws on the case of Phineas Gage, who in 1848 survived an iron bar that pierced his skull, and on patients with brain damage.
Full title: «Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain». Edition published in 1995.
Aimed at readers interested in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy of mind.
Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books. Damasio's research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making.
